Ponometia Explained

Ponometia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1868.^{[1] [2]}

The Global Lepidoptera Names Index gives this name as a synonym of Acontia.

Species

• Ponometia exigua Fabricius, 1793
• Ponometia macdunnoughi Barnes & Benjamin, 1923 (alternative spelling Ponometia mcdunnoughi)
• Ponometia megocula Smith, 1900
• Ponometia sutrix Grote, 1880
• Ponometia tripartita Smith, 1903

Formerly Conochares

• Ponometia acutus Smith, 1905 (syn: Ponometia catalina Smith, 1906)
• Ponometia altera Smith, 1903
• Ponometia elegantula Harvey, 1876 (syn: Ponometia arizonae H. Edwards, 1878, Ponometia rectangula McDunnough, 1943)

Formerly Fruva

• Ponometia fasciatella Grote, 1875
• Ponometia hutsoni Smith, 1906
• Ponometia pulchra Barnes & McDunnough, 1910
• Ponometia vinculis Dyar, 1914

Formerly Tarachidia

• Ponometia alata Smith, 1905
• Ponometia albimargo Barnes & McDunnough, 1916
• Ponometia albisecta Hampson, 1910
• Ponometia albitermen Barnes & McDunnough, 1916
• Ponometia bicolorata (Barnes & McDunnough, 1912)
• Ponometia binocula Grote, 1875
• Ponometia bruchi Breyer, 1931
• Ponometia candefacta Hübner, [1831]
• Ponometia carmelita Dyar, 1914
• Ponometia clausula Grote, 1882
• Ponometia corrientes Hampson, 1910
• Ponometia cuta Smith, 1905
• Ponometia dorneri Barnes & McDunnough, 1913
• Ponometia erastrioides Guenée, 1852
• Ponometia flavibasis (Hampson, 1898)
• Ponometia fumata (Smith, 1905)
• Ponometia heonyx Dyar, 1913
• Ponometia huita Smith, 1903
• Ponometia libedis Smith, 1900
• Ponometia margarita Schaus, 1904
• Ponometia marginata Köhler, 1979
• Ponometia mixta Möschler, 1890
• Ponometia morsa Köhler, 1979
• Ponometia nannodes Hampson, 1910
• Ponometia nigra (Mustelin, 2006)
• Ponometia nigrans Köhler, 1979
• Ponometia parvula Walker, 1865
• Ponometia phecolisca H. Druce, 1889
• Ponometia semibrunnea H. Druce, 1909
• Ponometia semiflava Guenée, 1852
• Ponometia septuosa Blanchard & Knudson, 1986
• Ponometia tortricina Zeller, 1872
• Ponometia venustula Walker, 1865
• Ponometia virginalis Grote, 1881
• Ponometia viridans Smith, 1904

Notes and References

1. Web site: Savela . Markku . June 19, 2020 . Ponometia Herrich-Schäffer, 1868 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . September 22, 2020.
2. Web site: Pitkin . Brian . Jenkins . Paul . amp . November 5, 2004 . Ponometia Herrich-Schäffer, 1868 . Butterflies and Moths of the World . . September 22, 2020.