Acontia cretata
| Acontia cretata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Acontia |
| Species: | A. cretata |
| Binomial name | |
| Acontia cretata (Grote & Robinson, 1870) | |
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The Chalky Bird Dropping Moth (Acontia cretata) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from California to Texas and Oklahoma, north to Colorado and Utah.
The wingspan is 22-27 mm. Adults are on wing from April to September.
The larva has been recorded as a host of the parasitoid braconid wasp Bracon mellitor.
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