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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 » Arizona Bird Dropping Moth - Hodges#9109 (Ponometia elegantula)

Species Ponometia elegantula - Arizona Bird Dropping Moth - Hodges#9109

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · 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 elegantula (Arizona Bird Dropping Moth - Hodges#9109)
Hodges Number
9109
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ponometia elegantula (Harvey, 1876)
Conochares elegantula (Harvey, 1876)
Thalpochares elegantula Harvey, 1876
Synonyms
Tarache semiopaca Grote, 1878
Thalpochares arizonae H. Edwards, 1878
Conochares interruptus Smith, 1905
Conochares rectangula McDunnough, 1943
Phylogenetic sequence # 931334 (1)
Size
Wingspan 18-21 mm. (2)
Identification
Harvey (1876) original description as Thalpochares elegantula is online in the print references. (3)
Range
British Columbia to Saskatchewan, to California and Texas. (4), (2), (5), (6)
Season
The main flight period is March to October. (5)
Food
The larval host has not been identified. (7)
See Also
Ponometia acutus
Print References
Harvey, L.F., 1876. New Californian and Texan moths. The Canadian Entomologist 8(3): 55. (3)
Internet References
Pacific Northwest Moths (7)
Moth Photographers Group (5)
Noctuidae of North America - nearctica.com (4)
E.H. Strickland Museum (2)
Butterflies and moths of North America (BAMONA) (8)
Moths of North Dakota
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (9)
Works Cited
1.Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.
Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .
2.University of Alberta Entomology Collection
3.New Californian and Texan Moths
Leon F. Harvey. 1876. The Canadian Entomologist 8(3): 52-56.
4.Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6. An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada
Gregory R. Pohl, Gary G. Anweiler, B. Christian Schmidt, Norbert G. Kondla. 2010. ZooKeys 38: 1–549.
7.Pacific Northwest Moths
8.Butterflies of North America
9.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Chris Grinter on 20 May, 2010 - 10:14pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy, Steve Morris
Last updated 9 December, 2022 - 4:00pm

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