Hyledelphax elegantula
Length 2.5 to 3.5 mm. Usually brachypterous. Head and pronotum pale with some darker markings in male. Pale whitish forewings, and a dark frons with prominaent white keels. Sexually dimorphic; males have a dark scutellum with a white tip and darker abdomen; females are paler. Males can be identified by the large semicircular groove in the side of the genital segment at the end of the abdomen.
Good quality photos, ideally from a specimen, from top down, side view and of face. Dissection of male genitalia will help to confirm ID
Grasslands
Adult: April to September.
Common (ref.: UK Auchenorrhyncha checklist 2021)
Few records; probably under-recorded
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Species profile
- Species group:
- insect - true bug (Hemiptera)
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Delphacidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 9
- First record:
- 28/04/2019 (Timms, Sue)
- Last record:
- 24/08/2025 (Cann, Alan)
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