Zyginella pulchra
Length 3.0 to 3.5 mm. A sexually dimorphic species; males have a red clavus and scutellum which varies in extent and intesity. Females lack the red markings. Both sexes have a greensh-yellow ground colour, a dark spot at wing apex and greyish apical cells.
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Usually Sycamore, overwinter on evergreens e.g. Ivy, Yew and Leyland Cypress.
Adult: mainly September-May.
A recent immigrant to the UK first recorded in 2001 and now widespread. (ref. British Bugs webpage; link below)
Occasional
sue
Thringstone churchyard
07 March 2023
male
sue
Ketton Quarry
16 September 2025
female, on Sycamore
Margaret Stevens
Loughborough garden
28 April 2024
David Gould
Leicester Garden
15 April 2010
damage at base of left wing
sue
Thringstone churchyard
07 March 2023
sue
Thringstone churchyard
07 March 2023
sue
Ketton Quarry
16 September 2025
forewing with apical spot
Ian Harding
Ashby garden
08 September 2023
Ian Harding
Ashby garden
08 September 2023
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Cicadellidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 6
- First record:
- 15/04/2010 (Gould, David)
- Last record:
- 16/09/2025 (Timms, Sue)
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