Ribautiana tenerrima sensu lato
Length 3 to 3.5 mm. A yellow leafhopper with oblique white lines along the length of the forewing. The forewing apex has greyish marking and spots. Markings can be quite faint; to confirm identification, dssection of male genitalia may be needed.
Other Ribautiana; Lindbergina aurovittata
Good photographs taken from side and top down.
Usually on brambles
Adult: June to December.
Common (ref: UK Auchenorrhyncha checklist 2021)
Frequent
David Gould
Welford Road Cemetery
08 September 2009
David Nicholls
Burroughs Lane, Ratby
17 June 2011
HAPeacock
City Farm - Sheep Field Path
26 June 2012
David Gould
Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
13 July 2015
Mark Skevington
Whetstone Garden
29 June 2012
Attracted to light trap
David Nicholls
Martinshaw Wood
19 October 2012
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Cicadellidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 30
- First record:
- 08/09/2009 (Gould, David)
- Last record:
- 05/09/2025 (Timms, Sue)
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HAPeacock
City Farm - Sheep Field Path
26 June 2012
Mark Skevington
Whetstone Garden
29 June 2012
Attracted to light trap
David Nicholls
Martinshaw Wood
19 October 2012
