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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 exigua - Hodges#9115 (Ponometia exigua)

Species Ponometia exigua - Hodges#9115

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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 exigua (Ponometia exigua - Hodges#9115)
Hodges Number
9115
Other Common Names
Bicolored Bird-dropping Moth (1)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ponometia exigua (Fabricius, 1793)
Bombyx exigua Fabricius, 1793
Acontia costalis Godman & Salvin, 1889
A. dimidiata - Walker, 1865
Ponometia ochricosta - Herrich-Schäffer, 1868
Monodes citrina - Druce, 1889
Heliodora magnifica - Neumoegen, 1891
* Phylogenetic sequence #931335
Numbers
One of thirty-four species in the genus for America north of Mexico.(2)
Size
Forewing length about 11 mm.
Identification
Sexually dimorphic:

The Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of the French Antilles - species page
Range
mostly along Gulf coastal plain: TX-FL-GA / Mex. to C. Amer. / W. Indies - Map (3)
Season
Most records are from April through October; year round in Florida.
Food
Larval host - American Burnweed (Erechtites hieraciifolius, Asteraceae) - USDA plant information
and Waltheria ovata (Malvaceae)
Print References
Lafontaine, J.D., and B.C. Schmidt. 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America North of Mexico. p. 47.(2)
LaFontaine, J.D. 1998. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Noctuiodea, Noctuinae, Noctuini (Part), Fascicle 27.3. (4)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - MPG
nearctica.com - species page
The Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of the French Antilles - species page
forestryimages.org - photograph of living adult and host plant.
BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems - collection map and photos of pinned adults.
Moths of Southeastern Arizona - photograph of female pinned adult
Works Cited
1.iNaturalist
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.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.The Moths of America North of Mexico, Noctuiodea, Noctuinae, Noctuini (Part), Fascicle 27.3
J. Donald LaFontaine. 1998. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 18 October, 2006 - 7:45pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 27 October, 2020 - 3:09pm

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