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Cacopsylla hippophaes Family: Psyllidae Cacopsylla is a large and difficult genus with genal cones and a pterostigma; many species cannot be reliably identified without examining the genitalia. C. hippophaes is quite a difficult species to identify with certainty, although the sigmoidally-curved parameres of the male are a reliable feature. The wings are often slightly yellowish, and surface spinules do not entirely fill the cells. The antennae are dark at the tips, and at the tips of some segments in the central part. The general colouring is yellow-green, but can develop brown patches later.     A locally common species on sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) on UK coasts. Length 3-4 mm Adult: May to August
	Adult male: Kent (August 2009) ©Tristan Bantock
	Adult male: Kent (August 2009) ©Tristan Bantock