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Ponometia semiflava

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Ponometia semiflava
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Ponometia
Species:
P. semiflava
Binomial name
Ponometia semiflava
(Guenée, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Xanthoptera semiflava Guenée, 1852
  • Tarachidia semiflava (Guenée, 1852)

Ponometia semiflava (half-yellow or yellow-cloaked midget) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from New York and New England to Florida, west to Arizona, north to British Columbia and Manitoba.[1]

The habitat consists of dry open areas such as sandy prairie, old beaches and dunes.

The wingspan is 14–24 mm. Adults are nocturnal and are on wing from March to August in the south and June to July in the north. There is one generation per year.

The larvae have been recorded on Sarracenia flava, but this is probably a misidentification.

References

  1. ^ "Species Page: Tarachidia semiflava". Entomology Collection.