''Tarache delecta'', the delightful bird dropping moth, is a bird dropping moth in 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 species was
first described by
Francis Walker in 1858.
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The MONA or ]Hodges number
A MONA number (short for Moths of North America), or Hodges number after Ronald W. Hodges, is part of a numbering system for North American moths found north of Mexico in the Continental United States and Canada, as well as the island of Greenla ...
for ''Tarache delecta'' is 9146.[
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Moths described in 1858
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