Fotella
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Subfamily: | Condicinae |
| Genus: | Fotella Grote, 1882 |
| Species: | F. notalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Fotella notalis Grote, 1882
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Fotella is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Fotella notalis, is found in the US in the Big Bend region of western Texas, southern Arizona, southern California and southern Nevada.[1] The habitat consists of dry deserts. Both the genus and species were first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1882.[2][3][4]
The length of the forewings is 10–13 mm.
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fotella.
- ^ "Fotella notalis Grote 1882". Noctuidae of North America.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Fotella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
- ^ Savela, Markku (June 19, 2020). "Fotella Grote, 1882". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
- ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Fotella Grote, 1882". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
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