Thamnotettix dilutior
Length 6 to 7 mm. A large leaf hopper associated with deciduous trees. Yellow-brown in colour with pale wing-veins and orange marks on vertex and pronotum.
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On deciduous trees, particularly Oak.
Adult: May to October.
Common. (ref.: UK Auchenorrhyncha checklist 2021 on British Bugs website)
Rarely recorded
David Nicholls
Ratby church
26 December 2025
David Nicholls
Ratby church
26 December 2025
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Species profile
- Species group:
- insect - true bug (Hemiptera)
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Cicadellidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 26/12/2025 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 26/12/2025 (Nicholls, David)
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