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Species Ponometia septuosa - Hodges#9085.1

Ponometia septuosa - Hodges #9085.1 - Ponometia septuosa - male
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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 septuosa (Ponometia septuosa - Hodges#9085.1)
Hodges Number
9085.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ponometia septuosa Blanchard(1) & Knudson, 1986 (2)
formerly placed in Tarachidia (3)
Phylogenetic sequence # 931309
Numbers
Ponometia includes 34 described species found in America north of Mexico. (4)
Size
Blanchard & Knudson (1986) listed the forewing length: (2)
♂ n= 5, 7.1-8 mm, average 8.1 mm.
♀ n= 1, 8.1 mm.
Identification
Forewing is a olive-green color. Fresh specimens have a greenish cast that fades soon after collecting. (2)
Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD). (5)
Range
Southern Texas, Cuba to Central America. (6), (2)
Holotype ♂ collected Laguna Atascosa, 16-V-1974, by A. & M.E. Blanchard(1). (2)
Food
Larvae have been reared from Triumfetta lappula L. (grandcousin) (Tiliaceae) in Costa Rica by Janzen and Hallwachs. (6)
See Also
Ponometia septuosa is unlikely to be confused with other North American species. (6)
Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Blanchard(1), A. & E.C. Knudson 1986. Four new moths from Texas (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Noctuidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 88(1): 136, figs. 7-13. (2)
Lafontaine, J.D. & R.W. Poole 2010. Review of the New World genera of the subfamily Acontiinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). ZooKeys 39: 154, fig. 49. (3)
Works Cited
1.André Blanchard (1896- 1986)
Roy O. Kendall. 1987. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 41(4): 219-237.
2.Four new moths from Texas (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Noctuidae)
André Blanchard, Edward C. Knudson. 1986. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 88: 134-141 .
3.Review of the New World genera of the subfamily Acontiinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)
J. Donald Lafontaine, Robert W. Poole . 2010. ZooKeys 39: 137–160 .
4.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 .
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
6.Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)
7.North American Moth Photographers Group