Polenta is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. It occurs in North America.
Taxonomy Polenta was considered a synonym of Plagiomimicus for several years, but subsequently (2026) restored as a valid genus. Some former species are now in Lineostriastiria.
Species The valid species are: Polenta argyropolia (Dyar, 1914) Polenta incomitatus (Mustelin, 2018) Polenta mimica (Poole, 1995) Polenta phalaenoides (Dyar, 1918) Polenta psamathochromum (Dyar, 1909) Polenta tepperi (Morrison, 1875) Polenta yakama (Crabo & Wikle, 2018)
Former species Several former species are since treated elsewhere, including: Polenta biundulalis (Zeller, 1872) Polenta hachita (Barnes, 1904) Polenta hutsoni (J.B. Smith, 1907) Polenta olivalis (Barnes & McDunnough, 1916) Polenta sexseriata (Grote, 1881)
References
External links Plagiomimicus (including "Polenta" at funet (2026)