Tremulicerus vitreus
Length 4.5-6mm. A large orange/yellow-brown leafhopper associated with Black Poplar and its hybrids. It may have a pinkish tint or golden sheen. Usually a pale mid-line on the pronotum and top of the face.
Other Idiocerinae on Poplar
Close examination of a specimen is needed. Provide photographs taken from top, side and face; and note the host plant.
Found on Poplars and sometimes Willows.
Adult: mainly June to October although females overwinter in conifers.
Common (ref.: UK Auchenorrhyncha checklist 2021)
Rarely recorded
AJ Cann
Shady Lane Arboretum
04 March 2024
from conifer
AJ Cann
Shady Lane Arboretum
04 March 2024
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
11 March 2014
specimen examined
sue
Bagworth, Tigers Arboretum
22 September 2025
sue
Bagworth, Tigers Arboretum
22 September 2025
sue
Bagworth, Tigers Arboretum
22 September 2025
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Cicadellidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 3
- First record:
- 11/03/2014 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 22/09/2025 (Timms, Sue)
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sue
Bagworth, Tigers Arboretum
22 September 2025
