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Species Ponometia hutsoni - Hodges#9103

Ponometia hutsoni? (fixed previous species typo) - Ponometia hutsoni

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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 hutsoni (Ponometia hutsoni - Hodges#9103)

Hodges Number

9103

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ponometia hutsoni (Smith, 1906) (1)

Fruva hutsoni (Smith, 1906)

Thalpochares hutsoni Smith, 1906 (2)

Phylogenetic sequence # 931330.

Numbers

There are 34 named species of Ponometia in America north of Mexico. (1)

Size

Wingspan about 16 mm.

Identification

The original description as Thalpochares hutsoni Smith, is available online in the print references below.

Range

Southern California to western Arizona and Nevada. (3), (4)

Moth Photographers Group - large range map with collection dates.

Season

The adults are most often reported from March to April; July to September. (3)

Food

The larval host is unknown. (4)

Print References

Lafontaine J.D., & R.W. Poole, 2010. Review of the New World genera of the subfamily Acontiinae. ZooKeys 39: 155. (2)

Smith, 1906. New Noctuids for 1906. No. 1. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. col. 14, p. 26. (5)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com) (4)

Moths of Southeastern Arizona (6)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (7)

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.	Review of the New World genera of the subfamily Acontiinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) J. Donald Lafontaine, Robert W. Poole . 2010. ZooKeys 39: 137–160 .

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)

5.	Journal of the New York Entomological Society- Available for free at Internet Archive

6.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

7.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 18 September, 2012 - 4:22pm
Last updated 25 August, 2013 - 10:30am

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