Eupteryx vittata
Length 3 to 3.5 mm. One of two Eupteryx with a completely (or nearly so) dark pronotum; the posterior margin is always black. Dark forewings with pale yellowish sides and central spot. The male anal tube has one long apical spine on each side.
Eupteryx notata is smaller and the male anal tube has 2 spines each side
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Low vegetation, often in damp places, with e.g. buttercup, ground ivy, mint
Adult: June-November.
Common (ref: UK Auchenorrhyncha checklist 2021)
Rarely recorded
AJ Cann
Shady Lane Arboretum
29 September 2021
Graham Calow
Sapcote
03 June 2011
Graham Calow
Sapcote
03 June 2011
David Gould
Enderby, Everards Meadows
28 September 2019
sue
Saltersford Brook flashes, Jack's pond
15 July 2025
David Gould
Enderby, Everards Meadows
28 September 2019
AJ Cann
Wardley Wood
20 May 2023
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Cicadellidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 9
- First record:
- 03/06/2011 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 15/07/2025 (Timms, Sue)
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Graham Calow
Sapcote
03 June 2011
David Gould
The Spearwort Fields
11 August 2018
AJ Cann
Coleorton Wood
28 June 2022
AJ Cann
Wardley Wood
29 May 2022
