Eleagnus Sucker - Cacopsylla fulguralis
Length about 4 mm. Cacopsylla is the most complex of all UK psyllid genera, and many species require dissection to separate them. Fortunately, C. fulguralis is not one of them. The colouring is entirely distinctive, particularly the half-brown cell Cu1 at the upper edge of the forewing.
This species can be identified from good quality photographs with care but there are similar species that it could be confused with.
This species can be identified from good quality photographs with care but there are similar species that it could be confused with.
Found on cultivated Eleagnus species.
Usually April to September.
An invading species from Japan which is spreading rapidly northwards.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
Mike Higgott
Anstey garden
20 June 2017
David Nicholls
Ratby, Ferndale Drive
24 April 2022
Mike Higgott
Anstey garden
16 September 2020
Mike Higgott
Anstey garden
20 June 2017
Mike Higgott
Anstey garden
20 June 2017
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Species profile
- Common names
- Eleagnus Sucker
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Psyllidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 12
- First record:
- 01/06/2014 (Smith, Ann)
- Last record:
- 03/07/2023 (Higgott, Mike)
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Mike Higgott
Anstey garden
22 April 2019
mating pair
Mike Higgott
Anstey garden
22 April 2019
Mike Higgott
Anstey garden
19 June 2019
