''Ponometia'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s of the family
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...
. The genus was erected by
Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer
Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer (17 December 1799 – 14 April 1874) was a German entomologist and physician. He was born, and died, in Regensburg. Herrich-Schäffer studied and collected particularly butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera). ...
in 1868.
The Global Lepidoptera Names Index
The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex) is a searchable database maintained by the Department of Entomology at the Natural History Museum, London.
It is based on card indices and scanned journals, nomenclatural catalogues and the '' Zoologi ...
gives this name as a synonym of ''
Acontia
''Acontia'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was named by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816. ''Eusceptis'', ''Pseudalypia'' and ''Spragueia'' are sometimes included in the present genus, but here they are tentatively treated ...
''.
Species
* ''
Ponometia exigua''
Fabricius, 1793
* ''
Ponometia macdunnoughi''
Barnes & Benjamin, 1923 (alternative spelling ''Ponometia mcdunnoughi'')
* ''
Ponometia megocula
''Ponometia'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1868.
The Global Lepidoptera Names Index gives this name as a synonym of ''Acontia''.
Species
* '' Ponometia exigua' ...
''
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
''Ponometia'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1868.
The Global Lepidoptera Names Index gives this name as a synonym of ''Acontia''.
Species
* '' Ponometia exigua' ...
''
Breyer, 1931
* ''
Ponometia candefacta''
Hübner, 831
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* ''Ponometia carmelita
''Ponometia'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1868.
The Global Lepidoptera Names Index gives this name as a synonym of ''Acontia''.
Species
* '' Ponometia exigua' ...
'' Dyar, 1914
* '' Ponometia clausula'' Grote, 1882
* ''Ponometia corrientes
''Ponometia'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1868.
The Global Lepidoptera Names Index gives this name as a synonym of ''Acontia''.
Species
* '' Ponometia exigua' ...
'' 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
References
Acontiinae
{{Acontiinae-stub