Eupteryx signatipennis
Length 3 to 4 mm, associated with Meadowsweet. Identification of Eupteryx species can be difficult and requires careful examination of markings on vertex, pronotum and forewings. A pale leafhopper, with variably dark marking on forewings. The vertex and scutellum are variably dark-marked, and the pronotum is usually pale. The face is pale apart from a black spot at the base of each antenna. The forewings often have two black spots.
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Filipendula ulmariae, Meadowsweet, damp areas
Adult: June to October.
Local (ref: UK Auchenorrhyncha checklist 2021)
Rarely recorded
David Nicholls
Nature Alive, Coalville
12 July 2012
David Nicholls
Nature Alive, Coalville
12 July 2012
sue
Bagworth
15 June 2018
David Gould
The Spearwort Fields
06 July 2018
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Cicadellidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 3
- First record:
- 12/07/2012 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 06/07/2018 (Gould, David)
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David Gould
The Spearwort Fields
06 July 2018
David Gould
The Spearwort Fields
06 July 2018
David Gould
The Spearwort Fields
06 July 2018
