Fotella is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Fotella notalis, is found in the US in the Big Bend region of western Texas, southern Arizona, southern California and southern Nevada.[1] The habitat consists of dry deserts. Both the genus and species were first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1882.[2][3][4]

Fotella
Female, dark form
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Condicinae
Genus: Fotella
Grote, 1882
Species:
F. notalis
Binomial name
Fotella notalis
Grote, 1882
Synonyms
  • Caradrina fragosa Grote, 1883
  • Fotella olivia Barnes & McDunnough, 1912
  • Hadenella cervoides Barnes & McDunnough, 1912
  • Fotella olivioides Barnes & Benjamin, 1926

The length of the forewings is 10–13 mm.

References

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  1. ^ "Fotella notalis Grote 1882". Noctuidae of North America.
  2. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Fotella​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
  3. ^ Savela, Markku (June 19, 2020). "Fotella Grote, 1882". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
  4. ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Fotella Grote, 1882". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved January 8, 2021.