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Ponometia elegantula (Harvey, 1876) |
Bird-dropping Moth |
MONA# 9109 |
Family:
Noctuidae
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Classification
KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Arthropoda
CLASS: Insecta
ORDER: Lepidoptera
SUPERFAMILY:
FAMILY: Noctuidae
SUBFAMILY: Acontiinae
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General Species Description
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FIELD NOTES for Ponometia elegantula: |
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| Locality & GPS coords |
| Yuha Desert, Imperial Co., California |
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| Host Plant |
| Hymenoclea salsola |
| * new life history / undocumented |
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| Southern Imperial County |
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| Hymenoclea salsola |
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REARING / LAB NOTES for Ponometia elegantula: |
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Hymenoclea salsola |
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| pinned adult (eclosion, May 2012) |
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