Linnavuoriana sexmaculata
Length 3.5 mm. This species is similar to L. decempunctata but is greenish in colour and has four spots on the pronotum (occasionally two) rather than six. The two spots on the vertex are also smaller. The extent of the dark patches on the forewings is variable, and in some cases the middle patches are fused into a transverse band.
Found primarily on willows moving to yew and other evergreens in the winter.
Adult: All year
Widespread in England and Wales.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
David Gould
fields near Fosse Park
18 November 2018
Mark Skevington
Whetstone Garden
13 August 2012
Taken at MV light
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
28 October 2014
taken at M V light
AJ Cann
Thorpe Langton St Leonards
22 November 2023
sue
Bagworth Heath CP, carpark
26 July 2024
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Cicadellidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 7
- First record:
- 13/08/2012 (Skevington, Mark)
- Last record:
- 26/07/2024 (Timms, Sue)
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Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
28 October 2014
taken at M V light
David Gould
fields near Fosse Park
18 November 2018
Mark Skevington
Whetstone Garden
18 July 2021
