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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Bird Dropping Moths (Acontiinae) » Acontiini » Ponometia » Small Bird Dropping Moth - Hodges#9095 (Ponometia erastrioides)
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Small Bird Dropping Moth - Ponometia erastrioides
Copyright © 2016 Bill Keim

Small Bird Dropping Moth - Ponometia erastrioides
Buckingham, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
August 11, 2016
Size: 10 mm TL
Found on Apocynum cannabinum.
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Contributed by Bill Keim on 13 August, 2016 - 5:20am
Last updated 11 December, 2016 - 8:37pm

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… Kyhl Austin, 11 December, 2016 - 8:29pm login or register to post comments

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… Kyhl Austin, 15 August, 2016 - 4:41pm login or register to post comments

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Do you have a lateral or a size guess? This one is tiny but I am envisioning . However BG says it feeds on ragweed.
… A. Hendrickson, 13 August, 2016 - 10:20am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Ann.
I went back to the plant, measured the width of a leaf similar to the one in the photo, and calculated the proportional length of the moth. The habitat looked perfect for ragweed, but I couldn't find any. Still, I like your suggestion for P. erastrioides.
… Bill Keim, 13 August, 2016 - 3:05pm login or register to post comments

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