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Sage Leafhopper

Eupteryx melissae

454Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
44Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan17
Feb12
Mar31
Apr47
May43
Jun66
Jul71
Aug55
Sep45
Oct37
Nov12
Dec16

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Plymouth England62
2Cornwall England37
3Cambridgeshire England32
4Norfolk England32
5Oxfordshire England20
6Devon England16
7Gloucestershire England8
8Carmarthenshire Wales8
9York England8
10Kent England7
11Sheffield England7
12City of Edinburgh Scotland6
13Suffolk England4
14Lincolnshire England4
15Wrexham Wales4
416 England9 Scotland16 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 44 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
454
Peak month
July
Counties with records
44
Scientific name
Eupteryx melissae
Group
True bugs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
419
Most recorded in
Plymouth
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Cicadellidae
Genus
Eupteryx
Name with authority
Eupteryx melissae Curtis, 1837
Described
1837

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10491063 · GBIF 5985079