Tremulicerus distinguendus
Length 4.5 to 5.5 mm. A pale greyish-yellow leafhopper associated with White poplars. There are two lighter bars across the forewing. Between these, the darker band does not reach the costal margin (the lower edge of the wing when the insect is viewed from the side)
Tremulicerus tremulae
Close examination of a specimen is needed. Provide photographs taken from top, side and face; and note the host plant.
Normally on White Poplar but occasionally on Aspen.
Summer-Autumn.
Common (ref.: UK Auchenorrhyncha checklist 2021)
Rarely recorded
AJ Cann
Lucas Marsh
29 September 2022
on White Poplar
AJ Cann
Lucas Marsh
29 September 2022
AJ Cann
Lucas Marsh
29 September 2022
sue
Leicester, Ellis Meadows
23 September 2025
female
sue
Leicester, Ellis Meadows
23 September 2025
female
sue
Leicester, Ellis Meadows
23 September 2025
male
sue
Leicester, Ellis Meadows
23 September 2025
male
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Cicadellidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 3
- First record:
- 29/09/2022 (Cann, Alan)
- Last record:
- 23/09/2025 (Timms, Sue)
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