- Nigetia formosalis
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Nigetia formosalis Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Noctuidae Genus: Nigetia Species: N. formosalis Binomial name Nigetia formosalis
Walker, 1866Synonyms - Nola melanopa Zeller, 1872
The Thin-Winged Algibelle (Nigetia formosalis) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It 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 north, two ore 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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