- Ponometia exigua
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Ponometia exigua 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Noctuidae Genus: Ponometia Species: P. exigua Binomial name Ponometia exigua
(Fabricius, 1793)Synonyms - Bombyx exigua Fabricius, 1793
- Nonagria indubitans Walker, 1857
- Acontia costalis Walker, [1858]
- Acontia dimidiata Walker, 1865
- Ponometia ochricosta Herrich-Schäffer, 1868
- Monodes citrina Druce, 1889
- Heliodora magnifica Neumoegen, 1891
Ponometia exigua is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Georgia, south to Florida and west to Texas. Outside of the United States it is found in Jamaica, Cuba, Hispaniola, the Virgin Islands and Central America and South America down to Brazil.
It is a sexually dimorphic species. Males are pale yellow and their forewing is crossed with diffuse, sinuate olivaceous bands. The female forewing is dark fuscous with a wide, contrasting, pale fascia along the costa. In some females this pattern is less contrasting.
The larvae feed on Erechtites hieraciifolia and Waltheria ovata.
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