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Macropsis impura
Family: Cicadellidae

Macropsis is a large and complex group of species which are often difficult to identify. The genus is distinguished by the striations on the pronotum which run diagonally from the corners to the centre of the front margin (parallel to the hind margin in Oncopsis).

M. impura has unmarked brownish wings with veins the same colour as the membrane, and the face has several dark spots of somewhat variable extent. The posterior part of the pronotum is greyish or dark, and there are at least a pair of dark elliptical spots near the anterior margin.

Found locally across the UK on creeping willow Salix repens.
      
Adult: June to October
Length 3.5-4.5 mm
 Macropsis impura
Adult: north Wales (July 2009) ©Tristan Bantock
Macropsis impura Macropsis impura
Adult male: north Wales (July 2008) ©Tristan Bantock

 Adult male: north Wales (July 2009) ©Tristan Bantock
Macropsis impura Macropsis impura
Adult male: north Wales (July 2009) ©Tristan Bantock

 Nymph: north Wales (June 2009) ©Tristan Bantock