Gorse Lacebug - Dictyonota strichnocera
Length 3.5 to 4.0 mm. Dictyonota species and Kalama tricornis have two rows of meshes at the lateral edges of the forewings and uniformly wide antennae (the 3rd segment is as thick as or thicker than the 4th). In D. strichnocera the antennae are entirely black and lack long hairs.
Can be identified by external structure at 5-10X magnification.
On Gorse, although it also occurs on Broom, leading to possible confusion with D. fuliginosa.
Adult: June-October.
The species overwinters as eggs, nymphs becoming adult in the summer, when mating and egg-laying takes place.
Fairly common and widespread in the UK.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
David Gould
Croft Pastures NR
06 August 2009
David Gould
Croft Pastures NR
06 August 2009
sue
Billa Barra LNR
30 August 2020
AJ Cann
Oakham The Gorse Field
18 July 2023
AJ Cann
Oakham The Gorse Field
18 July 2023
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Species profile
- Common names
- Gorse Lacebug
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Tingidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 9
- First record:
- 06/08/2009 (Gould, David)
- Last record:
- 18/07/2023 (Cann, Alan)
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AJ Cann
New Lount
20 August 2021
