Ponometia elegantula (Harvey, 1876) is a animal in the Noctuidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Ponometia elegantula (Harvey, 1876)

Ponometia elegantula (Harvey, 1876)

Ponometia elegantula, the Arizona bird dropping moth, is a Noctuidae moth species first described in 1876.

Family
Genus
Ponometia
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Ponometia elegantula (Harvey, 1876)

Ponometia elegantula, commonly called the Arizona bird dropping moth, is a species of bird dropping moth belonging to the family Noctuidae. This species was first formally described by Leon F. Harvey in 1876. Its MONA (also known as Hodges) number is 9109.

Photo: (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Ken-ichi Ueda · cc-by

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuidae Ponometia

More from Noctuidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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