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Condica punctifera

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Condica punctifera
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C. punctifera
Binomial name
Condica punctifera
(Walker, [1857])[1]
Synonyms
  • Celaena punctifera Walker, [1857]
  • Perigea punctifera
  • Perigea plumbago Herrich-Schaffer, 1868
  • Condica plumbago
  • Celaena semifurca Walker, 1857

Condica punctifera is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in southern Florida and on the Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico.[2]

The wingspan is 27 mm.[3] Adults are brown with a large reniform spot which is often accented with gray-white in the lower half. There is also a black basal dash. The hindwings are suffused with black-brown.

Taxonomy

The species was incorrectly treated as a synonym of Condica concisa for some time.

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