Biology:Ponometia virginalis
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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. virginalis
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| Ponometia virginalis (Grote, 1881)
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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.
The length of the forewings is about 10 mm.[5]
The MONA or Hodges number for Ponometia virginalis is 9088.[4]
References
- ↑ "Ponometia virginalis Species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/616982.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Ponometia virginalis Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=939948.
- ↑ "Ponometia virginalis Overview". http://eol.org/pages/19381813/overview.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "North American Moth Photographers Group, Ponometia virginalis". http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=9088.
- ↑ 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. 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q27997961 entry
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