Populicerus populi
Males c.5.5mm; females 4.9-6.5mm. A brownish-yellow leaf hopper associated with Aspen (Populus tremula). There is a white spot on the clavus and the forewing veins are not dark. Dark triangles on the scutellum.
Other Idiocerinae on Aspen, especially Popuicerus laminatus.
Close examination of a specimen is needed. Provide photographs taken from top, side and face; note measurement from veretx to wing apex, and note the host plant.
Aspen
June to October.
Common (ref.: UK Auchenorrhyncha checklist 2021)
Few records, probably under-recorded due to ID difficulty
 Donkey Lane Sapcote SP 4858 9298 (taken 5.7.2009),.JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
05 July 2009
David Nicholls
Martinshaw Wood
30 June 2011 Donkey Lane Sapcote SP 4858 9298 (taken 5.7.2009).JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
05 July 2009
David Nicholls
Bardon Hill
20 August 2021
David Nicholls
Martinshaw Wood
15 September 2017
David Nicholls
Martinshaw Wood
15 September 2017
 Donkey Lane Sapcote SP 4858 9298 (taken 5.7.2009),.JPG)
 Donkey Lane Sapcote SP 4858 9298 (taken 5.7.2009).JPG)
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Cicadellidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 12
- First record:
- 05/07/2009 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 19/08/2023 (Nicholls, David)
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