Hyledelphax elegantula

Alternative names
Delphacodes elegantula
Description

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.

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

Good quality photos, ideally from a specimen, from top down, side view and of face.  Dissection of male genitalia will help to confirm ID

Habitat

Grasslands

When to see it

Adult: April to September.

UK Status
VC55 Status

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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