Ponometia virginalis
Ponometia virginalis is a species of bird dropping moth in the family Noctuidae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America,[2] where it has been recorded from eastern Texas to Nebraska, west to eastern Arizona in the south, and to Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming in the west.
| Ponometia virginalis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Ponometia |
| Species: | P. virginalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ponometia virginalis (Grote, 1881) | |
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The length of the forewings is about 10 mm. The basal half of the forewings is white with a yellow tinge. The hindwings are white, with a grey-brown suffusion along the outer margin.[5]
The MONA or Hodges number for Ponometia virginalis is 9088.[4]
References
- "Ponometia virginalis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
- "Ponometia virginalis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
- "Ponometia virginalis Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
- "North American Moth Photographers Group, Ponometia virginalis". Retrieved 2018-02-07.
- nearctica.com
Further reading
- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
- Crabo, L; Davis, M; Hammond, P; Mustelin, T; Shepard, J (2013). "Five new species and three new subspecies of Erebidae and Noctuidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera) from Northwestern North America, with notes on Chytolita Grote (Erebidae) and Hydraecia Guenée (Noctuidae)". ZooKeys (264): 85–123. doi:10.3897/zookeys.264.4304. PMC 3668377. PMID 23730179.
- Lafontaine, D; Ferris, C (2009). "Review of the Acontia areli group with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Acontiinae)". ZooKeys (9): 27–46. doi:10.3897/zookeys.9.180.
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