Eupteryx atropunctata
Length 3.5 mm. Identification of Eupteryx species can be difficult and requires careful examination of markings on vertex, pronotum and forewings. Greenish-yellow ground colour with dark spots or streaks on the forewings, including a spot on the costal margin. 2 black spots on vertex. There are large black spots on the pronotum and sometimes a smaller central spot.
Other Eupteryx, especially the very common E aurata, the Potato leafhopper, which is larger and usually more strongly marked.
Good quality photographs in side-view and top down.
Mainly mallow, potato and sage.
Adult: May to October.
Local (ref: UK Auchenorrhyncha checklist 2021)
Rarely recorded
sue
Hoby, R. Wreake by Waterhouse Bridge
08 July 2025
Mike Higgott
Anstey, Anstey Lane
01 August 2019
sue
Hoby, R. Wreake by Waterhouse Bridge
08 July 2025
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Cicadellidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 01/08/2019 (Higgott, Mike)
- Last record:
- 08/07/2025 (Timms, Sue)
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