Broom Psyllid Arytaina genistae

Rather a distinctive species with the dark patterning in the wings, although the precise extent of this varies

female Broom Psyllid Arytaina genistae showing forewing and abdomen, Langmere (Norfolk, UK), 7th February 2024

I have found this species fairly easily by sweeping Broom but the main site I've found them locally, along the railway at the bottom of the North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, was affected when the railway company removed most of the Broom here, and I didn't find it here again until 2025. I found it on Broom a bit further up the line but this Broom has now been decimated too.

Broom Psyllid Arytaina genistae, Elmham railway below Cathedral Meadows (Norfolk, UK), 1st September 2018

2x Broom Psyllids Arytaina genistae, Elmham railway below Cathedral Meadows (Norfolk, UK), 2nd December 2018

Broom Psyllid Arytaina genistae, Elmham railway below Cathedral Meadows (Norfolk, UK), 2nd January 2019

Broom Psyllid Arytaina genistae, Elmham railway below Cathedral Meadows (Norfolk, UK), 2nd November 2018

Broom Psyllid Arytaina genistae, Elmham railway below Cathedral Meadows (Norfolk, UK), 26th September 2018

Broom Psyllid Arytaina genistae, Elmham railway below Cathedral Meadows (Norfolk, UK), 9th October 2018

Broom Psyllid Arytaina genistae, Elmham railway below Cathedral Meadows (Norfolk, UK), 6th February 2019

Broom Psyllid Arytaina genistae, County School Station, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 23rd March 2022

2x Broom Psyllids Arytaina genistae, Elmham railway below Cathedral Meadows (Norfolk, UK), 25th February 2025