Hauptidia maroccana
A small leafhopper, with two dark spots on the vertex and two triangles on the scutellum. The face lacks dark markings, unlike the similar Arboridia, The wings usually have darker streaks, but this is variable.
Arboridia species
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Foxglove and red campion, also garden and glasshouse plants such as tomato, peppers, cucumbers, etc..
Adult: August to March
Local; previously South Wales and western England, but now spreading outwards from this area (ref species page on British Bugs website, and UK Auchenorrhyncha checklist 2021
Rarely recorded
https://www.britishbugs.org.uk/homoptera/Cicadellidae/Hauptidia_maroccana.html
Sometimes considered to be a pest species on greenhouse crops; see https://www.rhs.org.uk/biodiversity/glasshouse-leafhopper
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Cicadellidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 3
- First record:
- 25/07/2009 (Gould, David)
- Last record:
- 05/09/2025 (Timms, Sue)
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