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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 » Ponometia nannodes - Hodges#9097 (Ponometia nannodes)

Species Ponometia nannodes - Hodges#9097

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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 nannodes (Ponometia nannodes - Hodges#9097)
Hodges Number
9097
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ponometia nannodes (Hampson, 1910
Tarachidia nannodes Hampson, 1910
Phylogenetic sequence # 931321
Numbers
There are 34 named species of the genus Ponometia in America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Wingspan about 18 mm.
Identification
Specimens identified by DNA analysis (BOLD). (2)
Range
Arizona to western Texas.
See Also
Ponometia libedis
Notes on how to distinguish the two species can be found on Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Hampson, G.F., 1910. Noctuidae. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum, 10: 692.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)
Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com) (4)
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.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 24 August, 2010 - 3:16pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 1 February, 2024 - 12:52pm

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