Anoscopus serratulae
Males 3 to 4 mm (females to 4.5 mm). Males of this species are pale (compare A. albifrons), with three dark bands across the forewings, the first of them intermittent. The fore-body is uniformly pale brownish, with the rear half of the pronotum paler. Females are difficult to identify certainly; the 7th abdominal sternite has a narrow central notch.
Detailed examination of the specimen is needed to identify this species. A photograph alone is not normally sufficient because key features are not obvious and there are one or more similar species.
Dissection of male genetalia required to confirm species, females may not be possible.
Grassy areas.
July to September.
Frequent in the southern half of England, scattered records from further north and in Wales.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
AJ Cann
Lyddington Meadow
27 July 2020
AJ Cann
Lyddington Meadow
27 July 2020
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Cicadellidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 27/07/2020 (Cann, Alan)
- Last record:
- 27/07/2020 (Cann, Alan)
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