Empoasca decipiens
Length 3.5 to 4 mm. A small, slender green leafhopper, without hyaline stripes in forewing. There are whitish marks on the vertex and pronotum.
Empoasca vitis has hyaline (clear) stripes on forewings. There are several other related genera which can be separated by wing venation and vertex shape
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In low vegetation.
Adult: June to December.
Common (ref: UK Auchenorrhyncha checklist 2021)
Fairly common in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Andy's Rutland
Empingham garden
09 November 2020
AJ Cann
Narborough Bog
14 February 2023
Mike Higgott
County Hall
02 November 2017
AJ Cann
Knighton
23 March 2016
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Cicadellidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 21
- First record:
- 20/09/2009 (Gould, David)
- Last record:
- 02/11/2024 (Higgott, Mike)
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AJ Cann
Knighton
23 March 2016
Mike Higgott
County Hall
02 November 2017
Mike Higgott
Anstey garden
18 October 2020
Andy's Rutland
Empingham garden
04 April 2020
