Stenocranus minutus

Description

Length 5 to 6 mm.  A large slender planthopper associated with   Light brown with paler, orange-edged longitudinal stripe down centre of head, pronotum and scutellum.  The forewing has a darker longitudinal band, which varies in intensity and extent.  The short, fine lines on the vertex are brownish, or absent. In side-view the head is strongly elongated.  The parameres are semicircular.

Similar Species

Stenocranus major and S. fuscovittatus

Identification difficulty
ID checklist (your specimen should have all of these features)

Lateral view of head required. 

Recording advice

Photograph from top down and from side, with clear lateral view of the head

Habitat

Grassland

When to see it

Adult: Almost all year.

UK Status
VC55 Status

Occasional

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Species profile

Species group:
Bugs
Kingdom:
Animalia
Order:
Hemiptera
Family:
Delphacidae
Records on NatureSpot:
8
First record:
22/04/2021 (Skevington, Mark)
Last record:
05/09/2025 (Timms, Sue)

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