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Species Ponometia virginalis - Hodges#9088

Ponometia virginalis 9088 - Ponometia virginalis

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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 virginalis (Ponometia virginalis - Hodges#9088)

Hodges Number

9088

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ponometia virginalis (Grote(1), 1881)

Tarache binocula var. virginalis Grote, 1881

Acontia tenuescens Smith, 1902

Phylogenetic sequence # 931312

Numbers

There are 34 described Ponometia species found in America north of Mexico. (2)

Size

Forewing length averages 10 mm.

Identification

Distinguished by the white basal area of the forewing which is tinted yellow.

Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD). (3)

Range

Eastern Texas to Nebraska, Wyoming and Utah, south to Arizona. (4)

Poole states the southern Florida population may not be Ponometia virginalis. (4)

Season

Adults are most common from April to September. (MPG)

Food

Larval host plant is unknown. (4)

Print References

Grote, A.R. 1881. The Canadian Entomologist, 13: 16.

Smith, J.B. 1902, New species of Noctuidae for 1902. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 10: 53.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

Nearctica.com

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)

2.	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 .

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

4.	Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 27 February, 2012 - 8:26pm
Last updated 10 June, 2013 - 11:19am

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