Hoppers of North Carolina

Hoppers of North Carolina:
Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, Treehoppers, and Planthoppers

Family (Alpha):

Ponana aenea (DeLong, 1942) - No Common Name CICADELLIDAE Members:			NC Records	Public View

synonym

description

Brown to yellowish-brown overall, with the wings pale to dark brownish, sometimes with reddish flecks. This species has a small number of symmetrical blackish markings across the wings, which tend to be dashes and oblong spots rather than dots; these spots are only at the end of each claval vein where it touches the commissure and on the anterior m-cu crossveins. The apical crossveins have some dark outlining but lack any distinct spots. The pronotum is essentially unmarked, lacking any prominent small dots that are typical of other members of this species. The vertex is rather strongly produced, with the apex rounded, more than half as long in the middle as the width between the eyes. The female pregenital sternite has the lateral angles produced and rounded, with the posterior margin in between concavely excavated to either side of a pair of short, broadly rounded median lobes that are separated by a short median notch. Adults are 8.0-9.0 mm long. (DeLong, 1942; DeLong & Freytag, 1967; J. Kits, pers. comments)

distribution

Eastern and central United States

abundance

Scattered records from the mountains, a single record from the Coastal Plain; likely under collected and more abundant.

seasonal_occurrence

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

habitat

Forest edge, mixed hardwood forest openings, grassy areas

plant associates

behavior

Can be attracted at night with a light.

comments

This species is similar to and could be confused with Ponana rubida. It has fewer wing spots than almost all P. rubida, with spots only at the end of each claval vein where it touches the commissure and on the two anterior m-cu crossveins. The other spots in rubida generally seem absent, and the apical crossveins have some dark outlining but no distinct spots. There also seems to be a more distinct reddish wash near the anterior costal margin of the wing than in rubida. (J. Kits, pers. comment)

status

[Native:] [Introduced:] [Extirpated:]

list_type

[Official:] [Provisional:]

adult_id

Unmistakable and widely known Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens
Identifiable from photos showing undersides, or other specialized views [e.g., legs, face]
Identifiable only by close inspection of structural features or by DNA analysis NULL

nymph_id

Unmistakable and widely known Identifiable from good quality photos, especially where associated with known host plants
Identifiable from close inspection of specimens or by DNA analysis
Identifiable only through rearing to adulthood NULL

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S_rank

rank_comments

tribe

Gyponini

subgenus

Ponana

Species Photo Gallery for Ponana aenea No Common Name
	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Yancey Co. Comment: 8.4 mm	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Yancey Co. Comment: 8.4 mm
	Photo by: Mark Shields Onslow Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper	Photo by: Mark Shields Onslow Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper
	Photo by: Mark Shields Onslow Co. Comment:	Photo by: Mark Shields Onslow Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper
	Photo by: Mark Shields Onslow Co. Comment:	Photo by: Mark Shields Onslow Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Ashe Co. Comment: male, photographed by K. Kittelberger; 8.5 mm (#1)	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Ashe Co. Comment: male, photographed by K. Kittelberger;
	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Ashe Co. Comment: male, photographed by K. Kittelberger; 8.5 mm (#1)	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Polk Co. Comment: 1 female, 2 males: 9.0 mm male & mm male
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Polk Co. Comment: 1 female, 2 males: 9.0 mm male & mm male	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Polk Co. Comment: 1 female, 2 males: 9.0 mm male & mm male
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Polk Co. Comment: 1 female, 2 males: 9.0 mm male & mm male	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Polk Co. Comment: 1 female, 2 males: 9.0 mm male & 8.8 mm male
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Polk Co. Comment: 1 female, 2 males: 9.0 mm male & 8.8 mm male	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Polk Co. Comment: 1 female, 2 males: 9.0 mm male & 8.8 mm male

Species Photo Gallery for Ponana aenea No Common Name