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Species Ponometia tripartita - Hodges#9118

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Acontiinae (Bird Dropping Moths)
Tribe Acontiini
Genus Ponometia
Species tripartita (Ponometia tripartita - Hodges#9118)
Hodges Number
9118
Pronunciation
POH-noh-MEH-tee-ah TREE-par-TEE-tah
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ponometia tripartita (Smith, 1903)
original combination Tornacontia tripartita Smith, 1903; Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 29 (3): 210
syn. Tornacontia mediatrix Dyar, 1904; Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 6: 62
* phylogenetic sequence #931338
Internet References
Moths of Southeastern Arizona - photograph of pinned adult
Butterflies and Moths of North America - species account with range map
Nearctica.com - species page