Biology:Condica punctifera
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Short description: Species of moth
| Condica punctifera | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Condica |
| Species: | C. punctifera
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| Binomial name | |
| Condica punctifera (Walker, [1857])[1]
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Condica punctifera is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1857. It is found in southern Florida and on the Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico.[2]
The wingspan is 27 mm.[3] Adults are brown with a large reniform spot which is often accented with gray white in the lower half. There is also a black basal dash. The hindwings are suffused with black brown.
Taxonomy
The species was incorrectly treated as a synonym of Condica concisa for some time.
References
- ↑ Becker, Vitor O. (2002). "The Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) from Cuba described by Herrich-Schäffer and Gundlach in the Gundlach Collection, Havana". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 19 (2): 349–391. doi:10.1590/S0101-81752002000200006. http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rbzool/v19n2/v19n2a06.pdf. Retrieved March 9, 2012.
- ↑ Nearctica
- ↑ "932001.00 – 9701.1 – Condica punctifera – (Walker, [1857)"]. Mississippi State University. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=9701.1. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q5159205 entry
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