Olive-shaded Bird-dropping Moth

Ponometia candefacta, the olive-shaded bird-dropping moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from the northern United States to southern Mexico. It has been introduced to Russia as a biological control agent of Ambrosia artemisiifolia. The habitat consists of dry, weedy, disturbed areas at low elevations.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Olive-shaded Bird-dropping Moth being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Ponometia libedis
• Ponometia phecolisca
• Acontia cretata
• Ponometia erastrioides
• Acontia clerana

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Noctuidae

Genus

Ponometia

Species

Ponometia candefacta

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