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Noctuidae - Acontiinae
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Ponometia heonyx (Dyar), NEW COMBINATION Tarachidia heonyx Dyar, 1913, Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 44:297. Diagnosis: The basal half of the forewing is pure white. The white continues along the costa as a hemispherical white patch to near the forewing apex. There are not dark patches along the costa. The outer half of the forewing is uniform brown. The fringe is dark brown without white patches. The hindwing is white with a slightly tinge of yellow brown along the outer margin. Wing length from base to apex in one selected individual 8 mm. Distribution: (Based only on specimens in the USNM). Ponometia heonyx occurs in southern and southwestern Texas. The species also occurs in northern Mexico. Identification Quality: Good Larva: Unknown Foodplants: Unknown
Distribution map based on specimens in the USNM |
Ponometia heonyx
Ponometia heonyx is similar to cuta. Ponometi cuta has a dark, triangular mark reaching from the forewing costa to the reniform. All dark markings are absent from the forewing costa of cuta. The fringe of heonyx is uniformly brown, but there is a white patch in the fringe of cuta. The outer half of the forewing of heonyx is uniformly brown. The dark marking of the forewing of dorneri is roughly s-shaped with a large, triangular mark reaching nearly to the position of the suterminal line. |
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