Polenta is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. It occurs in North America.
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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)