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Aphrophora salicina
Family: Aphrophoridae

Aphrophora are large froghoppers that all possess a keel on the vertex and front of pronotum, but some species can be difficult to separate.

The forewings are uniformly pale yellow-green with black puncturation (compare with A. major), and the scutellum is distinctly pointed at the tip. The vertex is relatively long compared with A. major.

Found on willows in southern England (north to Yorkshire), south Wales, and parts of Ireland.
      
Adult: May to November
Length 8-10 mm
 Aphrophora salicina
Adult: south London (September 2009) ©Tristan Bantock
Aphrophora salicina Aphrophora salicina
Adult: south London (September 2009) ©Tristan Bantock

 Adult: south London (September 2009) ©Tristan Bantock
Aphrophora salicina Aphrophora salicina
Adult: south London (September 2009) ©Tristan Bantock

 Adult: Fen Drayton, Camsridgeshire (September 2007) ©Will George
Aphrophora salicina nymph
Adult: Surrey (May 2009) ©Tristan Bantock