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
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)
Synonyms
Tarache binocula var. virginalis Grote, 1881 Acontia tenuescens Smith, 1902

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

1. "Ponometia virginalis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
2. "Ponometia virginalis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
3. "Ponometia virginalis Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
4. "North American Moth Photographers Group, Ponometia virginalis". Retrieved 2018-02-07.
5. 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.