Populicerus laminatus
Length 6-7mm. Predominantly brown with white spot in clavus, a pale band in the apical half of the wings and dark veins. Thyridia dark, contrasting with a mostly unmarked face. Pronotum darker in posterior half.
Other Populicerus species.
Close examination of a specimen is needed. Provide photographs taken from top, side and face; and note the host plant.
On poplars, especially Aspen (Populus tremula) and Grey Poplar (P. x canescens).
Between June and October.
Common (ref.: UK Auchenorrhyncha checklist 2021)
Rarely recorded
David Gould
footpath Fosse Park to Spearwort Fields
19 June 2021
David Gould
footpath Fosse Park to Spearwort Fields
19 June 2021
David Gould
footpath Fosse Park to Spearwort Fields
19 June 2021
David Gould
footpath Fosse Park to Spearwort Fields
19 June 2021
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- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Cicadellidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 19/06/2021 (Gould, David)
- Last record:
- 19/06/2021 (Gould, David)
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