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Potato Leafhopper - Eupteryx aurata Heverlee, Belgium (Aug, 2013).<br />
A few milimeters only. Yellow with strong dark markings and a pale &#039;hour-glass&#039; on the top of the forewings; the markings can be reduced to little more than a few black spots on the wings (below left). The pronotum always bears two large black spots, and sometimes also two small spots at the front middle. The spots on the vertex are large, and often reach the top of the face and the rear margin.<br />
<a href="http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/homoptera/Cicadellidae/Eupteryx_aurata.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/homoptera/Cicadellidae/Eupteryx_aurata.html</a><br />
Habitat:<br />
Open garden, KU Leuven. A familiar and common species in low vegetation, especially nettles and brambles. Belgium,Eupteryx aurata,Geotagged,Summer Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Potato Leafhopper - Eupteryx aurata

Heverlee, Belgium (Aug, 2013).
A few milimeters only. Yellow with strong dark markings and a pale 'hour-glass' on the top of the forewings; the markings can be reduced to little more than a few black spots on the wings (below left). The pronotum always bears two large black spots, and sometimes also two small spots at the front middle. The spots on the vertex are large, and often reach the top of the face and the rear margin.
http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/homoptera/Cicadellidae/Eupteryx_aurata.html
Habitat:
Open garden, KU Leuven. A familiar and common species in low vegetation, especially nettles and brambles.

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Eupteryx aurata is a leafhopper in the Cicadellidae family.

Similar species: True Bugs
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Patomarazul

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Uploaded Aug 9, 2016. Captured Aug 2, 2013 13:15 in Kardinaal Mercierlaan 99, 3001 Leuven, Belgium.
  • SP-820UZ
  • f/3.7
  • 10/300s
  • ISO125
  • 5.7mm