Iassus lanio
A large leafhopper, 6.5 to 8 mm, on oak, with a broad head. The forewings range from green to pale brown and the vertex, pronotum and scutellum are spotted and mottled with brown.
Iassus scutellaris on Elm
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Associated with Oak.
Adult: June to October.
Widespread and common in Britain. (ref.: UK Auchenorrhyncha checklist 2021, on British Bugs website)
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
David Gould
Narborough Bog NR
06 July 2010
green form
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
26 July 2012
red-brown form
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
24 July 2020
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
29 July 2015
AJ Cann
Knighton
17 July 2020
AJ Cann
Pickworth Great Wood
24 September 2021
sue
Loughborough, Forest Rd, Woodbrook Way
16 June 2025
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Cicadellidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 57
- First record:
- 06/07/2010 (Gould, David)
- Last record:
- 25/08/2025 (Cann, Alan)
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AJ Cann
Knighton
17 July 2020
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
01 August 2013
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
01 August 2013
AJ Cann
Knighton
17 July 2020
Male genitals
AJ Cann
Knighton
17 July 2020
3 spines on hind femur
