Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Hemiptera (Hemipterans) ➔ Family Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)
Idiocerus stigmaticalis Lewis, 1834
Flaumige Winkerzikade
Synonyms and other combinations:
Bythoscopus adustus Herrich-Schäffer, 1837 | Idiocerus latifrons Matsumura, 1908 |
Distribution:
Europe, introduced to North America.Habitat:
On willows (Salix) in humid environment.Description:
Length 6.0 - 7.0 mm; brown mottled with black and yellow, venter paler.The species can be distinguished from other similar species by the course of the cross veins which delimit the outer 3 cells at the tip of the fore wings. These are approximately aligned in a line. Both sexes have hair on the lower part of the face, particularly males. The males often have a yellow-orange patch on the outer edge of the wings.
Biology:
Adults of Idiocerus stigmaticalis can be found from July to October. The species is univoltin and lives on different species of willows.The nymphs go through 5 instars. Last instar nymphs can be found from mid-June to early July.
Idiocerus stigmaticalis hibernates as egg.
References, further reading, links:
- de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2013) Fauna Europaea version 2.6.2 Web Service available online at https://fauna-eu.org/
- Marlies Stöckmann, Robert Biedermann, and Rolf Niedringhaus: Key for the identification of the nymphs of the leafhopper subfamily Idiocerinae in Germany (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha, Cicadellidae, Idiocerinae), Cicadina 11: 59-72 (2010).
- K. G. A. Hamilton: Leafhoppers of ornamental and fruit trees in Canada, Publication 1779/E, available from Communications Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa K1A 0C7, ISBN: 0-662-13622-5.
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