Streptanus sordidus
Length 4.5 to 6 mm. A very variable brown species with paler wing veins; often with dark mottling in wing cells. Dissection of male to examine internal genitalia - the aedeagus - is needed to confirm identification.
other Streptanus, and other Deltocephaline leafhoppers
males 
Provide photos from top and side view, but identification should be confirmed by examination of internal genital structure of males.
Grassland
Summer-Autumn.
Common. (ref.: UK Auchenorrhyncha checklist 2021 on British Bugs website)
Occasional; possibly under-recorded due to identification difficulty
AJ Cann
Bagworth Heath
24 August 2021
AJ Cann
Blackfordby
27 May 2022
AJ Cann
Sandhills Lodge
19 September 2022
AJ Cann
Blackfordby
27 May 2022
aedeagus
sue
Holly Rock Fields SSSI
14 July 2025
AJ Cann
Sandhills Lodge
19 September 2022
aedeagus
sue
Holly Rock Fields SSSI
14 July 2025
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Cicadellidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 5
- First record:
- 24/08/2021 (Cann, Alan)
- Last record:
- 14/07/2025 (Timms, Sue)
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AJ Cann
Saddington
04 July 2022
aedeagus
AJ Cann
Saddington
04 July 2022
sue
Holly Rock Fields SSSI
14 July 2025
