Family Achilidae

Subfamily Achilinae

Tribe Plectoderini Fennah, 1950

Genus Catonia Uhler, 1895

Type species: Flata nava Say 1830.

Synonyms:

  = Pyren Fennah, 1950 (subgenus)

Note: Fennah (1950) described the subgenus Pyren for Catonia (Pyren) saltator Fennah, 1950; all other species in the genus presumably in subgenus Catonia.

Distribution: Widespread in the New World

Recognized species

There are 40 species (or so) in this genus:

North American Taxa

(All subgenus Catonia)

1 Catonia arbutina Ball, 1933 - USA: AZ
2 Catonia bicinctura Van Duzee, 1915 - USA: FL, GA, LA, MA, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, OH, SC, TN, TX
3 Catonia carolina Metcalf, 1923 - USA: AL, AR, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, KS, LA, MD, MO, NC, NJ, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA
4 Catonia cinctifrons (Fitch, 1856) - USA: CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV
5 Catonia lunata Metcalf, 1923 - USA: AL, CT, DC, FL, GA, KS, IL, LA, MA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, SC, TX, VA; CAN: ON
6 Catonia nava (Say, 1830) - USA: AR, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NE, NY, OH, PA, TN, TX, VA; CAN: ON
   Catonia nava bifasciata Metcalf, 1948 -
7 Catonia picta Van Duzee, 1908 - USA: AL, CT, DE, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, NJ, NY, TX, VA
8 Catonia pini Metcalf, 1923 - USA: FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, NJ
9 Catonia pumila Van Duzee, 1908 - USA: AL, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, MD, MN, MO, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA
10 Catonia texana O'Brien, 1971 - USA: TX

Neotropical taxa

Subgenus Pyren Fennah 1950: 146.

1Catonia (Pyren) saltator Fennah, 1950: 166 - Dominica

Subgenus Catonia

2 Catonia (Catonia) intricata Uhler, 1895 (see Fennah 1950: 146) - St. Vincent, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Cuba, Puerto Rico

3 Catonia albidovariegata (Fowler, 1904) (see Fennah 1950: 159) - Guatemala, Panama

4 Catonia antiguana Fennah, 1950: 152- Antigua
5 Catonia antillicola Wolcott, 1936 - Puerto Rico

6 Catonia arida Caldwell, 1951 - Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
   Catonia basalis (Fowler, 1904) - See Plectoderes
7 Catonia bugabae Fennah, 1950: 162- Panama
8 Catonia championi Fennah, 1950: 164 - Panama, Guatemala
9 Catonia chiriquensis (Fowler, 1904) (see Fennah 1950: 160) - Panama
10 Catonia cinerea Osborn, 1935 - Puerto Rico

    Catonia cinerea magna Caldwell 1951- Puerto Rico
11 Catonia digitalis Fennah, 1950: 155- St.Vincent
12 Catonia dominicana Fennah, 1950: 156 - Dominica

13 Catonia dorsovittata Caldwell 1951 - Puerto Rico
13 Catonia gayi (Blanchard, 1852) (see Fennah 1965: 258) - Chile
14 Catonia haitiensis Dozier, 1931 - Haiti

15 Catonia major Fennah, 1950: 153 - Antigua
16 Catonia mitrata Fennah, 1950: 151 - Dominica
17 Catonia montserratensis Fennah, 1950: 157 - Montserrat
18 Catonia moraballi Fennah, 1950: 166 - British Guiana
19 Catonia muscosa Fennah, 1950: 165 - British Guiana
     Catonia notata (Fowler, 1904) - See Spino Fennah 1950: 58
20 Catonia ornatipennis (Blanchard, 1852) (see Fennah 1965: 257) - Chile

21 Catonia pallida Fennah, 1945: 475- Trinidad

22 Catonia pallidistigma Fennah, 1945: 476 - Trinidad
23 Catonia rufula Osborn, 1926 - Cuba
24 Catonia sanctae-luciae Fennah, 1950: 150 - St. Lucia
25 Catonia sancti-geronimi Fennah, 1950: 161- Guatemala
26 Catonia sancti-vincenti Fennah, 1950: 148 - St. Vincent
27 Catonia sobrina (Fowler, 1904) (see Fennah 1950: 158) - Mexico
28 Catonia albidovariegata (Fowler, 1904) - Guatemala, Panama
29 Catonia zunilana Fennah, 1950: 163 - Guatemala

 

Economic Importance: Limited.

 

Known host plants: 

Nymphs of achilids associated with fungus (usually in logs).  The significance of adult host association is unclear.

Catonia arbutina - Pinus cembroides Zucc.(Mexican pinyon, Pinaceae)
Catonia bicinctura - Pinus sp., Callicarpa americana L. (American beautyberry, Verbenaceae)
Catonia carolina - Thespesia grandiflora DC.(maga, Malvaceae; as Montezuma speciosissima), Inga vera Willd.(river koko, Fabaceae), Piper aduncum L. (higuillo de hoja menuda, Piperaceae)
Catonia cinctifrons - Pinus clausa (Chapm. ex Engelm.) Vasey ex Sarg. (sand pine), Pinus sp., Quercus sp. (oak), Carya sp. (hickory)
Catonia lunata - Pinus sp., Quercus sp., Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton (cranberry, Ericaceae)
Catonia nava - Cornus sp. (dogwood), Platanus sp. (sycamore), Acer sp. (maple)
Catonia picta - Pinus sp.
Catonia pini - Baptisia tinctoria (L.) R. Br. (horseflyweed, Fabaceae)
Catonia pumila - Pinus sp., Quercus sp., Carya sp.

 

Hosts from O'Brien 1971, Wilson et al. 1994; plant names from USDA PLANTS.

Recognition:

The most common genus of achilids in the eastern US.  Similar to Synecdoche; Subcostal cell of forewing about 1/3 length of wing, wider before its apex; medioventral lobe of male pygofer bifurcate.

Drawings by Kimberley Shropshire (University of Delaware) (Wing redrawn from O'Brien 1971)

Catonia carolina (all photos by Kimberley Shropshire - University of Delaware)

Catonia cinctifrons

 

Catonia luneata

Catonia nava

Catonia picta

 

Catonia pumila

 

Collecting

Most often taken at lights.

 

Molecular resources: At this time GenBank has data for 2 species of Catonia (Catonia carolina & Catonia sp,) and Barcode of Life has data for 3 Catonia species (Catonia bicinctura, Catonia picta, Catonia pumila)

 

Selected references:

Ball, E. D. 1933. Some new Western leafhoppers of the fulgorid family Achilidae. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 9: 133-138.

Caldwell, J. S. and L. F. Martorell. 1951 [dated1950]. Review of the Auchenorynchous [sic] Homoptera of Puerto Rico. Part II. The Fulgoroidea except Kinnaridae. Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico 34(2): 133-269.

Emeljanov, A. F. 1992. Toward the problem and limits and subdivisions of Achilidae (Homoptera, Cicadina). Entomological Review 71(1): 53-73 (Translation of Entomologicheskoye Obozreniye 1991, 70: 373-393, in Russian).

Emeljanov, A. F. 1993. Description of tribes of the subfamily Achilinae (Homoptera, Achilidae) and revision of their composition. Entomological Review 72(6): 7-27 (Translation of Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 71: 574-594 from Russian).

Fennah, R. G. 1945. New Lanternflies (Fulgoroidea) From South America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 96(3189): 95-106.

Fennah, R. G. 1945. The Fulgoroidea, or lanternflies, of Trinidad and adjacent parts of South America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 95(3184): 411-520.

Fennah, R. G. 1950. A generic revision of the Achilidae (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea) with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 1: 1-170.

Fennah, R. G. 1965. Fulgoroidea from Southern Chile (Hemiptera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 17: 233-272.

Metcalf, Z. P. 1948. General catalogue of the Hemiptera. Fasc. IV. Fulgoroidea, Part 10. Achilidae. Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts. 85 pp.

O’Brien, L. B. 1971. The systematics of the tribe Plectoderini in America north of Mexico (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea: Achilidae). University Of California Publications in Entomology 64: 1-79.

O'Brien, L. B. 1985. New synonymies and combinations in New World Fulgoroidea (Achilidae, Delphacidae, Flatidae, Fulgoridae: Homoptera). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 78(5): 657-662.

Van Duzee, E. P. 1912. Hemipterological gleanings. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. 10: 477-512.

Van Duzee, E. P. 1915. New genera and species of North American Hemiptera. Journal of Entomology and Zoology 7: 109-121.

Van Duzee, E. P. 1916. Notes on some Hemiptera taken near Lake Tahoe, California. Technical Bulletin. University of California, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station. Entomology 1: 229-249.

Wilson, S.W., C. Mitter, R.F. Denno, and M.R. Wilson. 1994. Evolutionary patterns of host plant use by delphacid planthoppers and their relatives. In: R.F. Denno and T.J. Perfect, (eds.). Planthoppers: Their Ecology and Management. Chapman and Hall, New York. Pp. 7-45 & Appendix