Acontia cretata

Acontia cretata
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)
Synonyms
  • Tarache cretata Grote & Robinson, 1870
  • Acontia neocula Smith, 1900
  • Acontia schwarzii Smith, 1900
  • Tarache schvarzi Hampson, 1910

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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