Nigetia formosalis

Nigetia formosalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Genus:Nigetia
Species: N. formosalis
Binomial name
Nigetia formosalis
Walker, 1866
Synonyms
  • Nola melanopa Zeller, 1872

The thin-winged algibelle (Nigetia formosalis) is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. 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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