Iassus scutellaris (Fieber, 1868)

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

Iassus scutellaris (Fieber, 1868)

Vertex, pronotum and scutellum may be entirely green or variably dark mottled ( Fig. 31 ), becoming red-brown in older specimens (Fig. 32); the similar Iassus lanio (Linnaeus, 1761) is associated with Quercus spp. and has the vertex, pronotum and scutellum more heavily dark mottled ( BOTTING & BANTOCK, 2012). On Ulmus spp. VI-X.

MATERIAL EXAMINED: Hoboken , Hobokense Polder (51.189, 4.339), 22.VIII.2017 ; Merelbeke , Makegemse Bossen (50.948, 3.720), 18.IX.2017 ; Dilsen-Stokkem , Kerkeweerd (51.021, 5.753), 11.VIII.2018 ; Frasnes-lez-Anvaing , Bois de Leuze (50.698, 3.652), 8.IX.2018 .

Figures

Fig. 31. Iassus scutellaris (Fieber, 1868), lateral view Fig. 32. Iassus scutellaris (Fieber, 1868), lateral view (photo by Koen Lock). (photo by Koen Lock).