Eupteryx florida
Length 3 to 3.5 mm. This species is best recognised by the deeply incised black mark on the midline of the vertex, and by the separation of the lateral black mark on the pronotum from the complex central pattern. The scutellum has two black triangles and two black dots between.
Can only be identified by examination of internal genital structure.
Feeds on a variety of plants in the family Labiateae, including dead-nettle and mint.
Adult: April to November
Fairly common.
Fairly common, but under-recorded.
David Gould
Braunstone
02 August 2009
David Gould
Leicester
09 July 2009
on spearmint
David Nicholls
Aylestone Meadows
18 May 2013
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Cicadellidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 13
- First record:
- 09/07/2009 (Gould, David)
- Last record:
- 23/03/2025 (Poole, Adam)
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Graham Calow
Sapcote
26 April 2012
