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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Planthoppers (Fulgoromorpha) » Fulgoroidea » Achilid Planthoppers (Achilidae) » Plectoderini » Catonia » Catonia texana
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brown and white achilid - Catonia texana
Copyright © 2008 Valerie G. Bugh

brown and white achilid - Catonia texana
Austin, Wild Connections, Travis County, Texas, USA
May 25, 2007
Size: about 3-4 mm
Overlapping wings suggest this family, but the colors don't match any species here in the guide.
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Contributed by Valerie G. Bugh on 27 February, 2008 - 12:25pm
Last updated 29 February, 2008 - 5:29pm

Moved
Moved from Achilidae.
… john and jane balaban, 29 February, 2008 - 5:29pm login or register to post comments

Catonia texana
Lois O'Brien says that this is much more boldly colored than any specimen in a collection (colors do change when an insect is dried, or maybe the digital processing heightened the contrast). It most resembles a single specimen our collection has from Big Bend, TX (and is also recorded from Gillespie, Jeff Davis and Uvalde counties). I will see if she concurs ... she described that species!
… Andy Hamilton, 29 February, 2008 - 7:42am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you once again.
The colors really were that bold. Since the insect was so tiny, I mainly noticed it because it looked like something patterned in black and white; I had assumed some sort of leafhopper. The details only showed up later on the computer screen. I really appreciate all the information you provide - it is helping me learn this group of insects a lot better.
… Valerie G. Bugh, 29 February, 2008 - 5:59pm login or register to post comments

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