LAMPROTETTIX NITIDULUS
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DESCRIPTION: Up to 6mm in length. A smart leafhopper with the scutellum sporting two dark basal triangles that are half as long as the scutellum itself.  These triangles are separated by two dark central dots. The vertex and the face also sport two distinct black spots as well. BEHAVIOUR: Up to 6mm in length. A smart leafhopper with the scutellum sporting two dark basal triangles that are half as long as the scutellum itself. These triangles are separated by two dark central dots. The vertex and the face also sport two distinct black spots as well. DISTRIBUTION: Locally common throughout Ireland, Wales and England. HABITAT: Trees and tall shrubbery. PERIOD: July to November.

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