Populicerus albicans
Length 5.4-5.9mm (male), 6.4-7.0mm (female). A pale, whitish leafhopper associated with Grey or White Poplars. Females are uniformly greyish; males may have darker marks on pronotum.
Good photographs in the field or from a specimen; note the host plant
On Populus alba (White Poplar) and P. x canescens (Grey Poplar).
July to September.
Common. (ref.: UK Auchenorrhyncha checklist 2021, on British Bugs website)
Occasional
David Gould
Braunstone, footpath Fosse Park to Spearwort Fields
11 July 2021
male, on Grey/White Poplar
David Gould
Braunstone, footpath Fosse Park to Spearwort Fields
11 July 2021
male
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- Records on NatureSpot:
- 4
- First record:
- 11/07/2021 (Gould, David)
- Last record:
- 09/06/2025 (Timms, Sue)
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