Stenocranus minutus
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.
Stenocranus major and S. fuscovittatus.
Lateral view of head required.
Photograph from top down and from side, with clear lateral view of the head
Grassland
Adult: Almost all year.
Common (ref.: UK Auchenorrhyncha checklist 2021)
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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