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title: "Olive-shaded Bird-dropping Moth"
description: "Ponometia candefacta — Insetos e aranhas. Ponometia candefacta, the olive-shaded bird-dropping moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/olive-shaded-bird-dropping-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Olive-shaded Bird-dropping Moth

> Ponometia candefacta — Insetos e aranhas. Ponometia candefacta, the olive-shaded bird-dropping moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae.

- Scientific name: *Ponometia candefacta*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 8156
- Wikidata: [Q19598745](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19598745)
- iNaturalist taxon: [228632](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/228632)

## Names

- en: Olive-shaded Bird-dropping Moth

## Countries with the most observations

US (3764), CA (944), HU (403), UA (249), RU (90), BG (67), MX (28), RO (23), AT (18), SK (18), HR (17), IT (12)

## Summary

Ponometia candefacta, the olive-shaded bird-dropping moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from the northern United States to southern Mexico. It has been introduced to Russia as a biological control agent of Ambrosia artemisiifolia. The habitat consists of dry, weedy, disturbed areas at low elevations.
The wingspan is 18–22 mm. Adults are on wing in summer, from April to September.
The larvae feed on Asteraceae, including Aster and Ambrosia species. They are green with a white lateral stripe.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponometia_candefacta

## Photo

![Olive-shaded Bird-dropping Moth](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/olive-shaded-bird-dropping-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jack Gelinas · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/374281819

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/olive-shaded-bird-dropping-moth?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).