Zygina tiliae (Fallen, 1806)

Lock, Koen, 2011, Fifty leafhoppers new to Belgium (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 88, pp. 1-28 : 1-28

Zygina tiliae (Fallen, 1806)

This is another species with a red zig-zag pattern on the forewing. It can be recognised by the long hind tarsi (about half as long as hind tibia) that are entirely dark, the short, tongue-shaped apodemes of the second sternite and the slightly darkened clavus and fore margin of the forewings (Fig. 56). Mainly on Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn., sometimes on A. incana (L.) Moench and Tilia cordata Mill. , hibernation as adults on Picea spp. I-XII. The species was marked as expected by COUBEAUX (1892a).

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MATERIAL EXAMINED: Oudenaarde , Bos t’Ename (50.858, 3.647), 29.VIII.2014 ; Averbode , Averbode Bos en Heide (51.032, 4.974), 27.VIII.2017 ; Merendree , Kalevallei (51.076, 3.609), 15.IX.2017 ; Niel , Walenhoek (51.104, 4.343), 20.IX.2017 ; Gent , Blaarmeersen (51.041, 3.686), 10.III.2018 ; Kinrooi , Groot Broek (51.173, 5.696), 26.IX.2018 .