Fróðskaparrit - 01.01.1993, Page 107

THE LEAFHOPPERS (HOMOPTERA, AUCHENORRHYNCHA) OF THE FAROE ISLANDS
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CICADOMORPHA, Cicadellidae
3. Ulopa reticulata (F.), Fig. 3. New to the
Faroe Islands. Distribution map, Fig. 44.
Fig. 3: Ulopa reticulata (F.) -female
Streymoy, Hoydalar-25 August 1992
Unmistakable, this leafhopper lives exclu-
sively on heather (Calluna vulgaris). The
colour is reddish-brown, the larvae being
very much like the adults. On August 25th
1992 we went to the plantation near what
used to be the Sanatorium, but is now the
High School, in Hoydalar.
In the plantation there are a few patches
of heather, and here in this protected envi-
ronment we found a single specimen of
Ulopa reticulata. We spent some time look-
ing for this species elsewhere, but we were
unable to find the leafhopper on the other-
wise wonderful heathers on Vágar, on Eyst-
uroy and at Dalá on Viðoy.
Ulopa reticulata probably hibemates as
an adult, imagines and larvae can be found
together at most times of the year. It is
widespread in Europe inclusive Southem
Norway and Scotland, but has not been
found on Iceland. Nothing is known of how
it is spread, as it lacks hindwings - possibly
the small larvae are blown about.
Streymoy: Tórshavn, 25 August 1992 (P.Ketil/L.Trolle)
4. Anoscopus albifrons (L.), Figs. 9 and 10.
New to the Faroe Islands. Distribution
map, Fig. 45.
Much varying in colour, males are brown-
ish yellow to reddish brown; females straw-
yellow to dark brown, almost black, usual-
ly frnely mottled. The markings on the head
are sometimes indistinct, but males are
readily identified by the shape of their
aedeagus (Fig. 27); females by the small
median incision of the 7th abdominal ster-
num (Fig. 28). Henriksen (1929) actually