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Ponometia

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Ponometia
Ponometia altera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Acontiinae
Tribe: Acontiini
Genus: Ponometia
Herrich-Schäffer, 1868
Synonyms
  • Conochares Smith, 1905
  • Fruva Grote, 1877
  • Graeperia Grote, 1895
  • Heliodora Neumoegen, 1891
  • Neptunia Barnes & McDunnough, 1911
  • Tarachidia Hampson, 1898
  • Tornacontia Smith, 1900
  • Uniptena Nye, 1975

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.[3]

Species

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Formerly Conochares

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Formerly Fruva

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Formerly Tarachidia

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References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (June 19, 2020). "Ponometia Herrich-Schäffer, 1868". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
  2. ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Ponometia Herrich-Schäffer, 1868". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
  3. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Acontia (Emmelia)​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved September 22, 2020.