Ponometia exigua

Ponometia exigua
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Ponometia
Species:	P. exigua
Binomial name
Ponometia exigua (Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
Bombyx exigua Fabricius, 1793 Nonagria indubitans Walker, 1857 Acontia costalis Walker, [1858] Acontia dimidiata Walker, 1865 Ponometia ochricosta Herrich-Schäffer, 1868 Monodes citrina Druce, 1889 Heliodora magnifica Neumoegen, 1891

Ponometia exigua is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793. It is found from Georgia, south to Florida and west to Texas. Outside of the United States it is found in Jamaica, Cuba, Hispaniola, the Virgin Islands and Central America and South America down to Brazil.

It is a sexually dimorphic species. Males are pale yellow and their forewing is crossed with diffuse, sinuate olivaceous bands. The female forewing is dark fuscous with a wide, contrasting, pale fascia along the costa. In some females this pattern is less contrasting.

The larvae feed on Erechtites hieraciifolia and Waltheria ovata.

External links

• "Ponometia exigua (Fabricius, 1793)". Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of the French Antilles. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
• Balaban, John and Jane (October 25, 2012). "Species Ponometia exigua - Hodges#9115". BugGuide. Retrieved September 17, 2019.