Ponometia virginalis
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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[edit]
- ^ "Ponometia virginalis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
- ^ a b "Ponometia virginalis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
- ^ "Ponometia virginalis Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
- ^ a b "North American Moth Photographers Group, Ponometia virginalis". Retrieved 2018-02-07.
- ^ nearctica.com
Further reading[edit]
- 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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