Fotella

Classification

Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Condicinae
Tribe: Leuconyctini
Genus: Fotella

Pronunciation

How to pronounce Fotella: /fɔˈtɛlla/

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Images

Fotella notalis female dark form by Metzler EH, Knudson EC, Poole RW, Lafontaine JD, Pogue MG. Used under a CC BY 3.0 license.

CATALOGUE-BM-PLATE CXXVIII by Sir GEORGE F. HAMPSON, Bart.. Used under a Public domain license.

Fotella notalis1 by David Wikle, Canadian National Collection of Insects and Nematodes. Used under a CC BY 3.0 license.

Summary

Fotella is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae, with Fotella notalis as its only species. It is primarily located in dry desert regions of the southwestern United States.

Physical Characteristics

Forewing length is 10–13 mm.

Habitat

Dry deserts.

Distribution

Found in the US in the Big Bend region of western Texas, southern Arizona, southern California and southern Nevada.