Condica punctifera

Condica punctifera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Condica
Species:	C. punctifera
Binomial name
	Condica punctifera; (Walker, [1857])
Synonyms
	Celaena punctifera Walker, [1857]; Perigea punctifera; Perigea plumbago Herrich-Schäffer, 1868; Condica plumbago; Celaena semifurca Walker, 1857;

Condica punctifera is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1857. It is found in southern Florida and on the Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico.^[2]

The wingspan is 27 mm.^[3] Adults are brown with a large reniform spot which is often accented with gray white in the lower half. There is also a black basal dash. The hindwings are suffused with black brown.

Taxonomy

The species was incorrectly treated as a synonym of Condica concisa for some time.

References

^ Becker, Vitor O. (2002). "The Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) from Cuba described by Herrich-Schäffer and Gundlach in the Gundlach Collection, Havana" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 19 (2): 349–391. doi:10.1590/S0101-81752002000200006. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 29, 2013. Retrieved March 9, 2012.
^ Nearctica
^ "932001.00 – 9701.1 – Condica punctifera – (Walker, [1857])". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved December 2, 2018.

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[1] Becker, Vitor O. (2002). "The Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) from Cuba described by Herrich-Schäffer and Gundlach in the Gundlach Collection, Havana" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 19 (2): 349–391. doi:10.1590/S0101-81752002000200006. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 29, 2013. Retrieved March 9, 2012.

[2] Nearctica

[3] "932001.00 – 9701.1 – Condica punctifera – (Walker, [1857])". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved December 2, 2018.

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