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Zygina cf. ordinaria Family: Cicadellidae Zygina is a complex genus, most with a distinctive red zig-zag pattern covering the forewings. The patterns are variable, and identification can be difficult; care must be taken to look at the right combination of features and microscopic confirmation is necessary in some cases. Females may not be identifiable. This species must be carefully separated from Z. angusta; dissection is necessary to do so certainly. The scutellum colour is varied, but usually has a pale midline and anterior corners. The male hind tarsi are less than half the length of the hind tibiae and the apical segment and apical half the of middle segments are dark (as in Z. angusta). The red streaks on the vertex and pronotum tend to be partly separate throughout.  Primarily found on hawthorn, oak, willow and sloe, but overwinters mostly on ivy and evergreens. Compare Z. flammigera, Z. angusta Adult: Mostly May - September, but overwinters. Length 3 mm
	Adult male: Huddersfield (January 2008) ©Joe Botting
	Adult male: Huddersfield (October 2009) ©Joe Botting