Species Ponometia nigra - Hodges#9101.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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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 nigra (Ponometia nigra - Hodges#9101.1)

Hodges Number

9101.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ponometia nigra (Mustelin, 2006)

Tarachidia nigra Mustelin, 2006 (1)

Size

Forewing length 7 mm; Wingspan: 14.5-17.5 mm (2).

Identification

"The dorsal forewing is very dark gray with a slight greenish sheen, and lacks any pattern. The hindwing is dark brown, including the fringe. The head and body match the forewing" (2).

Range

Records from Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, and California (1).

Habitat

"In southern California, this species has been found in coastal chaparral, by roadsides, and on sunlit trails" (2).

Food

Unknown, probably Malvaceae (2)

See Also

Ponometia fumata

Print References

Mustelin, T. 2006. Taxonomy of southern California Erebidae and Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of twenty one new species. Zootaxa, 1278: 1–47. (1)

Internet References

Species page at Pacific Northwest Moths (2)

Species page at Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (3)

Species page at Nearctica.com [Robert Poole] (4)

Works Cited

1.	Taxonomy of southern California Erebidae and Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of twenty one new species Tomas Mustelin. 2006. Zootaxa 1278: 1–47.

2.	Pacific Northwest Moths

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)

Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 30 November, 2015 - 11:18pm
Last updated 15 January, 2017 - 10:50pm

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