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Thin-winged Owlet

Nigetia formosalis

Classification

Class
Insecta
Family
Noctuidae

Nigetia is a monotypic genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Its only species, Nigetia formosalis, the thin-winged algibelle or thin-winged owlet moth, has a scattered distribution in eastern North America from Ontario to Connecticut, south to Florida and Texas. Both the genus and the species were first described by Francis Walker in 1866.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 935Canada · 193