Nigetia

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Nigetia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Nigetia
Walker, [1866]
Species:
N. formosalis
Binomial name
Nigetia formosalis
Walker, [1866]
Synonyms
  • Nola melanopaZeller, 1872

Nigetia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its only species, Nigetia formosalis, the thin-winged algibelle or thin-winged owlet moth, has a scattered distribution in eastern North America from Ontario to Connecticut, south to Florida and Texas. Both the genus and the species were first described by Francis Walker in 1866. [1] [2] [3]

The wingspan is about 19 mm. There is one generation in the northern parts and two or more in the southern parts of its range.

Larvae have been reared on Protococcus species but probably also feed on lichens.

Taxonomy

The genus was previously classified in the subfamily Acontiinae of the family Noctuidae.

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References

  1. Savela, Markku (March 7, 2019). "Nigetia Walker, [1866]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 19, 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Nigetia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  3. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Nigetia Walker, 1866". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved May 19, 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)