# Fotella

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Fotella
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Fotella.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fotella
> Source revision: 1345653871
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{Short description|Genus and species of moth}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Fotella notalis female dark form.jpg
| image_caption = Female, dark form
| display_parents = 2
| parent_authority = [Grote](/source/Augustus_Radcliffe_Grote), 1882
| taxon = Fotella notalis
| authority = Grote, 1882
| synonyms = 
*''Caradrina fragosa'' <small>Grote, 1883</small>
*''Fotella olivia'' <small>Barnes & McDunnough, 1912</small>
*''Hadenella cervoides'' <small>Barnes & McDunnough, 1912</small>
*''Fotella olivioides'' <small>Barnes & Benjamin, 1926</small>
}}

'''''Fotella''''' is a [monotypic](/source/monotypic) [moth](/source/moth) genus of the family [Noctuidae](/source/Noctuidae). Its only species, '''''Fotella notalis''''', is found in the US in the [Big Bend](/source/Big_Bend_(Texas)) region of western [Texas](/source/Texas), southern [Arizona](/source/Arizona), southern [California](/source/California) and southern [Nevada](/source/Nevada).<ref>[http://www.nearctica.com/moths/noctuid/condica/fotella_notalis.htm "''Fotella notalis'' Grote 1882"]. ''Noctuidae of North America''.</ref> The habitat consists of dry deserts. Both the genus and species were [first described](/source/species_description) by [Augustus Radcliffe Grote](/source/Augustus_Radcliffe_Grote) in 1882.<ref>{{LepIndex |id=266049 |access-date=January 8, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |date=June 19, 2020 |url=https://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/condicinae/fotella/ |title=''Fotella'' Grote, 1882 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |access-date=January 8, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Pitkin |first1=Brian |last2=Jenkins |first2=Paul |name-list-style=amp |date=November 5, 2004 |url=https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=11773.0 |title=''Fotella'' Grote, 1882 |website=Butterflies and Moths of the World |publisher=[Natural History Museum, London](/source/Natural_History_Museum%2C_London) |access-date=January 8, 2021}}</ref>

The length of the forewings is 10–13&nbsp;mm.

==References==
{{Commons category|Fotella}}
{{Reflist}}

{{Taxonbar |from=Q8564936 |from2=Q5473897}}

Category:Condicinae
Category:Monotypic moth genera
Category:Moths described in 1882

{{Condicinae-stub}}

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Fotella](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fotella) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fotella?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.