Ponometia elegantula

Ponometia elegantula, the Arizona bird dropping moth, is a species of bird dropping moth in the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Leon F. Harvey in 1876.[1][2]

Ponometia elegantula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Tribe: Acontiini
Genus: Ponometia
Species:
P. elegantula
Binomial name
Ponometia elegantula
(Harvey, 1876)
Synonyms[1]
  • Ponometia arizonae (H. Edwards, 1878)
  • Ponometia rectangula (McDunnough, 1943)

The MONA or Hodges number for Ponometia elegantula is 9109.[3]

References

  1. "Ponometia elegantula report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "North American Moth Photographers Group, Ponometia elegantula". Retrieved 2019-09-24.

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