Nigetia formosalis
| Nigetia formosalis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Nigetia |
| Species: | N. formosalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Nigetia formosalis Walker, 1866 | |
| Synonyms | |
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The Thin-Winged Algibelle (Nigetia formosalis) is a species of moth in the Erebidae family. The species has a scattered distribution from Ontario to Connecticut, south to Florida and Texas.
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.
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