A Small Bird-dropping Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/7/2014).
A Small Bird-dropping Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/11/2016). Determined by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
A Small Bird-dropping Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/30/2016).
A Small Bird-dropping Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (7/26/2019).
A Small Bird-dropping Moth in Cecil Co., Maryland (5/27/2015). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
A Small Bird-dropping Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (6/9/2015). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
A Small Bird-dropping Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (8/23/2015).
A Small Bird-dropping Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/12/2016). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
Small Bird-dropping Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (6/26/2021). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Small Bird-dropping Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Kyle Klotz, all rights reserved.
A Small Bird-dropping Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (6/8/2003).
A Small Bird-dropping Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (9/17/2005).
Small Bird-dropping Moth in Allegany Co., Maryland (6/17/2018). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
A Small Bird-dropping Moth in Cecil Co., Maryland (6/1/2021).
Small Bird-dropping Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (7/18/2025). (c) Brad Heath, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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A Small Bird-dropping Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/7/2014).
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A Small Bird-dropping Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/11/2016). Determined by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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A Small Bird-dropping Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/30/2016).
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Mark Etheridge.
A Small Bird-dropping Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (7/26/2019).
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Mark Etheridge.
A Small Bird-dropping Moth in Cecil Co., Maryland (5/27/2015). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Shannon Schade.
A Small Bird-dropping Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (6/9/2015). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Mark Etheridge.
A Small Bird-dropping Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (8/23/2015).
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Mark Etheridge.
A Small Bird-dropping Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/12/2016). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Small Bird-dropping Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (6/26/2021). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Small Bird-dropping Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Kyle Klotz, all rights reserved.
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A Small Bird-dropping Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (6/8/2003).
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Larry Line.
A Small Bird-dropping Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (9/17/2005).
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Larry Line.
Small Bird-dropping Moth in Allegany Co., Maryland (6/17/2018). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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A Small Bird-dropping Moth in Cecil Co., Maryland (6/1/2021).
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Dave Webb.
Small Bird-dropping Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (7/18/2025). (c) Brad Heath, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Ponometia |
| Species: | P. erastrioides
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| Binomial name | |
| Ponometia erastrioides (Guenée, 1852)
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Ponometia erastrioides, the small bird-dropping moth or small bird lime moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from the eastern United States and south-central Canada (Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan).[1] The habitat consists of fields, waste places and riparian areas.
The wingspan is 16–20 mm. Adults are on wing from May to September.
The larvae feed on Ambrosia species. Full-grown larvae reach a length of 25 mm.[2]
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