Zygina hyperici
Length: 2 to 3 mm. Zygina hyperci is sexually dimorphic; males are yellow with the apex of the scutellum dark; females are pale yellow and distinctively marked with broad dark red markings covering the majority of the scutellum and clavus.
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Chalk grassland, associated with St. John's wort (Hypericum)
Adult: July to September.
Local (ref: UK Auchenorrhyncha checklist 2021)
Rare
AJ Cann
Pickworth Great Wood
24 September 2021
female
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Cicadellidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 24/09/2021 (Cann, Alan)
- Last record:
- 24/09/2021 (Cann, Alan)
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