Zyginidia scutellaris
Length 2 to 2.5 mm. A very small leafhopper, yellowish in colour and often with greyish longitudinal stripes on the forewings. The three dark triangles on the scutellum are distinctive.
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Rough grassland and low vegetation
Adult: All year
Common (ref: UK Auchenorrhyncha checklist 2021)
Frequent.
AJ Cann
Shady Lane Arboretum
29 September 2021
sue
Thornton Meadows
12 July 2020
sue
Thornton Meadows
12 July 2020
AJ Cann
Ulverscroft
29 August 2021
AJ Cann
Ulverscroft
29 August 2021
aedeagus
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Cicadellidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 20
- First record:
- 12/07/2020 (Timms, Sue)
- Last record:
- 03/02/2026 (Cann, Alan)
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