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Description
BL ♂♀: 4.5-5.6 mm. Forebody and forewings nearly without hairs. Frons strongly arched. Forebody more or less brownish, vertex relatively short. Forewings basally dark, apically with a distinct diagonal stripe. Males usually darker colored than females. Genital styles without mouth-shaped indentation. Aedeagus with a slender shaft and triangular lateral lobes which are frayed out below.
Ecology
Monophagous on Brachypodium pinnatum in grassland and open forests.
Distribution
Distributed througout Central- and East-Europe.
References
- Fabricius J.C. 1798. Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae: 511-524. (Description)
- Nast, J. 1972. Palaearctic Auchenorrhyncha (Homoptera) An annotated check list. Polish Scientific Publishers, Warsaw, Poland,: 550 pp.
Images
♀ Imago
♂ Imago