Fróðskaparrit - 01.01.1993, Page 109

THE LEAFHOPPERS (HOMOPTERA, AUCHENORRHYNCHA) OF THE FAROE ISLANDS
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Fig. 11: Anoscopus flavostriatus (Don.) male
Nólsoy, Nólsoy - 30 August 1992
Fig. 12: Anoscopus flavostriatus (Don.) female
Sandoy, Sandur- 29 August 1992
did on the meadow behind the sand dunes
at Sandur. Little is known of its host plants
except possibly “grasses”. It is widespread
in Europe, but usually not very common. It
is found in Scotland and a few places in
Norway, but not in Iceland.
Nólsoy: Nólsoy, 30 August 1992 (P.Ketil/L.Trolle)
Sandoy: Sandur, 29 August 1992 (P.Ketil/L.Trolle)
Suðuroy: No locality, 1863-1868 (A.Bergh)
6. Ribautiana ulmi (L.), Fig. 4. New to the
Faroe Islands. Distribution map, Fig. 47.
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1 mm.
Fig. 4: Ribautiana ulmi (L.) female
Streymoy, Tórshavn - 5 September 1992
Ribautiana ulmi belongs to the subfamily
Typhlocybinae, which are all slender, deli-
cate leafhoppers, that do not jump like most
leafhoppers, but fly well. The colour is
shining white or yellow in more mature
specimens. It lives exclusively on elm trees.
When we arrived in the Faroes in 1992,
we knew, that Ribautiana ulmi had been