Biology:Ponometia exigua
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Short description: Species of moth
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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: | Ponometia |
| Species: | P. exigua
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| Binomial name | |
| Ponometia exigua (Fabricius, 1793)
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Ponometia exigua is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793. It is found from Georgia, south to Florida and west to Texas . Outside of the United States it is found in Jamaica, Cuba, Hispaniola, the Virgin Islands and Central America and South America down to Brazil .
It is a sexually dimorphic species. Males are pale yellow and their forewing is crossed with diffuse, sinuate olivaceous bands. The female forewing is dark fuscous with a wide, contrasting, pale fascia along the costa. In some females this pattern is less contrasting.
The larvae feed on Erechtites hieraciifolia and Waltheria ovata.
External links
- "Ponometia exigua (Fabricius, 1793)". http://www7.inra.fr/papillon/noctuid/acontiin/texteng/p_exigua.htm. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
- Balaban, John and Jane (October 25, 2012). "Species Ponometia exigua - Hodges#9115". https://bugguide.net/node/view/83828. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
Wikidata ☰ Q7227946 entry
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