Xanthodelphax straminea
Length 2.5 to 3.5 mm (macropters ~4 mm). Entirely yellow-orange in colour. Examination of genitalia will confirm ID; Male has very short parameres compared to X flaveola.
The nationally rare Xanthodelphax flaveola males have longer parameres; not recorded in VC55
males 
Identification confirmed by examination of male genitalia. Photographs of a specimen will support ID
Grassland
Adult: June to September.
Local (ref.: UK Auchenorrhyncha checklist 2021)
Rarely recorded, and no records confirmed by examination of male genitalia
sue
Thornton Meadows
03 August 2019
sue
Thornton Meadows
03 August 2019
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Species profile
- Species group:
- insect - true bug (Hemiptera)
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Delphacidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 03/08/2019 (Timms, Sue)
- Last record:
- 03/08/2019 (Timms, Sue)
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