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Species Ponometia alata - Hodges#9099

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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 alata (Ponometia alata - Hodges#9099)

Hodges Number

9099

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ponometia alata (Smith, 1905) (1)

Tarachidia alata (Smith, 1905)

Acontia alata Smith, 1905

Phylogenetic sequence # 931323 (2)

Size

Poole lists the forewing length about 7 mm. (3)

Smith (1905) listed a wingspan of 15-16 mm. (4)

Identification

Smith (1905) original description as Acontia alata is online in the print references.

Range

Arizona. (5)

Holotype collected Baboquavaria Mountains, Pima County, Arizona. 15 July 1930; collector O.C. Poling. (4)

Season

July August. (5)

Food

Poole(3) reports the immature stages and host are unknown.

Print References

Smith, J.B.,1905, New species of Noctuidae for 1905, No. 3. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 13: 210. (4)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (5)

Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com) (3)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)

Moths of Southeastern Arizona (7) pinned photo

Works Cited

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

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.	Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)

4.	New species of Noctuidae for 1905, No. 3 John B Smith. 1905. Journal of The New York Entomological Society, 13: 188--211.

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

6.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

7.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 6 November, 2013 - 8:04pm
Last updated 1 September, 2014 - 4:19pm

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