Ribautiana ulmi
Length 3.5 to 4 mm. A yellow leafhopper associated with elm; with grey markings/spots at forewing apex. Two black spots on the vertex, and one on the midline at the front of the pronotum.
Ribautiana debilis can have similar markings on vertex and pronotum, but is smaller
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Mainly elm, but also other deciduous trees
Adult: May to November.
Common (ref: UK Auchenorrhyncha checklist 2021)
Occasional
sue
Hugglescote, Millfield, R Sence woodland edge
30 September 2025
sue
Congerstone, Barton Rd nr Orange Farm
27 October 2019
David Nicholls
Ratby, Wirlybones Wood
01 September 2020
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Cicadellidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 8
- First record:
- 21/08/2011 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 11/10/2025 (Timms, Sue)
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