In the course of collecting caterpillar specimen on Catmint plants (Nepata spec.) some small and colorfull cicadae were collected as well. They are Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae) to be exact.

Using some sources^{1, 2, 3} the name of the species is found to be: Eupteryx melissae.

The insects are approximately 3 mm in size.

Besides adults there were a number of nymphs roaming the leaves. Based on the wing development⁴ it can be derived that these are instars 4 and 5. The nymphs have a white color but when they’ve just moulted they are yellow.

The photo’s below are sorted on instar, and it mentioned when the same specimen is depicted.

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Literature

¹ British bugs, An online identification guide to UK Hemiptera

² Nederlands Soortenregister

³ Texasinvasives.org

⁴ ALAN J. A. STEWART, "Descriptions and key to the nymphs of Eupteryx (Curtis) leafhoppers (Hornoptera: Cicadellidae) occurring in Britain", Department of Zoology, University College, Cardiff