Graphocraerus ventralis

Description

Length 4.5 to 6 mm. A greenish yellow leafhopper with four small black spots in a line running running across the vertex, two small spots on the pronotum, and some markings on the face.  

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

Good quality field photos or photos of a specimen, showing black spots on vertex

Habitat

On various grasses.

When to see it

Adult: June to August.

UK Status
VC55 Status

Uncommon

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Species profile

Species group:
Bugs
Kingdom:
Animalia
Order:
Hemiptera
Family:
Cicadellidae
Records on NatureSpot:
4
First record:
25/05/2012 (Nicholls, David)
Last record:
02/06/2025 (Timms, Sue)

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