Small Grass Shieldbug - Neottiglossa pusilla

Length 4 to 4.5 mm.  This small shieldbug is pale brown, with paler margins to the pronotum and abdomen, and a pale central stripe running down the pronotum and scutellum. The short head is rather flattened at the front.; the new generation of adults is complete by August.

Grassy places where Poa species are present.

Adult: All year.

Nymphs feed on meadow grasses (Poa sp.).

Locally distributed in grasslands across southern and central England.

Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.