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Alnetoidea alneti
Family: Cicadellidae

An extremely common species on a wide range of deciduous trees, with a generally yellow colouration.

The hindmost cells of the forewings are dusky, with yellow veins, and the scutellum is usually orange-brown, compared with the head and pronotum.


Adult: May to November
Length 3 mm
Alnetoidea alneti
Adult: south London (November 2007) ©Joe Botting

Alnetoidea alneti
5th instar nymph: south London (September 2007) ©Joe Botting