Philaenus spumarius

Philaenus spumarius (Linnaeus, 1758) Distribution Literature data: no specific locality (Nast 1972) Chania: Chaleppa; Governeto (Haupt 1928); Chania (Tsagkarakis et al. 2018); Heraklion: no specific location (Drosopoulos and Asche 2000). New data: Chania: Kournas lake. Rethymno: Prines; Preveli. Heraklion: Park on the Almyros River; Analipsi along the Aposelemi River; Mochos surrounding, Omalos Plateau. Lassithi: Lassithi Plateau; Selakano. Notes Colour polymorphism is observed. Caught in pitfall traps left throughout the year and through sweep netting - in May and July on various herbaceous plants up to 1334 m a. s. l.