Acontia cretata
Acontia cretata (chalky bird dropping moth) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from California to Texas and Oklahoma, north to Colorado and Utah.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Acontia |
| Species: | A. cretata |
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| Acontia cretata (Grote & Robinson, 1870) | |
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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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