Ponometia

"Heliodora" redirects here. For other uses, see Heliodora (disambiguation).

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

Ponometia
Ponometia altera
Scientific 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

The Global Lepidoptera Names Index gives this name as a synonym of Acontia.^[3]

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

References

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.