Florodelphax leptosoma
Length 2 to 4 mm, dark forewings with a white apex. Sometimes macropterous. Females have a completely yellow-brown pronotum. Dissection of male genitalia will confirm ID of males.
Florodelphax paryphasma. Criomorphus spp. also have white tips to the forewings.
Confirmation of males requires examination of the male genitalia; in females, the entirely yellow-brown pronotum is distinctive.
Wetland and other damp habitats.
Spring to Autumn.
Common (ref.: UK Auchenorrhyncha checklist 2021)
Uncommon, but probably under recorded
AJ Cann
New Lount
01 October 2020
male
AJ Cann
New Lount
01 October 2020
aedeagus
sue
Ulverscroft, Lea Meadows, marsh
17 July 2024
male
sue
Ulverscroft, Lea Meadows, marsh
17 July 2024
aedeagus - triangular
sue
Ulverscroft, Lea Meadows, marsh
17 July 2024
appendages of anal tube separated
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Delphacidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 01/10/2020 (Cann, Alan)
- Last record:
- 17/07/2024 (Timms, Sue)
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