Acontia

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For the town of ancient Spain, see Acontia (town). For the anatomical term, see Acontia (anatomy).

Acontia
Acontia lucida.JPG
Acontia lucida
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Tribe:
Genus: Acontia
Ochsenheimer, 1816
Synonyms[1]
  • Desmophora Stephens, 1829
  • Euphasia Stephens, 1830
  • Heliothera Sodoffsky, 1837
  • Porrotha Gistl, 1848
  • Tima Walker, [1858]
  • Metapioplasta Wallengren, 1865
  • Hoplotarache Hampson, 1910
  • Cardiosace Hampson, 1910
  • Aulotarache Hampson, 1910
  • Stylorache Hampson, 1910
  • Procriosis Hampson, 1910
  • Chelichares Hampson, 1910
  • Rhodotarache Warren, 1914
  • Fredina Brandt, 1939
  • Ascopserotarache Berio
  • Uracontia Beck, 1996
  • Acontarache Berio, 1977
  • Emmelacontia Beck, 2000

Acontia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was named by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816. Eusceptis, Pseudalypia and Spragueia are sometimes included in the present genus, but here they are tentatively treated as different pending further research. Many species of Tarache were also once placed here (see below).

Description[]

Palpi long, porrect (extending forward) and met by a short sharp frontal tuft. Third joint prominent. Antennae simple. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled and tuftless. Forewings with non-creulate cilia. Veins 7, 8 and 9, 10 stalked. Larva possess four abdominal prolegs.[2]

Species[]

  • Acontia albida (Hampson, 1910)
  • Warren, 1913
  • Walker, 1869
  • Walker, 1862
  • Swinhoe, 1907
  • Hübner, [1827-1831]
  • Acontia areletta Dyar, 1907
  • Rothschild, 1921
  • Walker, [1858]
  • Acontia behrii Smith, 1900
  • Leech, 1889
  • Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
  • Oberthür, 1887
  • Le Cerf, 1911
  • Holland, 1894
  • Rothschild, 1921
  • Cramer, [1777]
  • Hampson, 1910
  • Walker, 1865
  • Acontia chea Druce, 1898 (syn: Acontia eudryada Smith, 1905)
  • Holland, 1894
  • Hampson, 1902
  • Hampson, 1910
  • Acontia clerana Lower, 1902
  • Acontia coquillettii Smith, 1900
  • Walker, [1858]
  • Mabille, 1899
  • Wiltshire, 1947
  • Druce, 1889
  • Acontia cretata Grote & Robinson, 1870 – chalky bird-dropping moth
  • Acontia crocata Guenée, 1852
  • Walker, [1863]
  • Lower, 1897
  • Hampson, 1910
  • Druce, 1889
  • Acontia decisa Walker, [1858]
  • Viette, 1968
  • Draudt, 1936
  • Acontia detrita Butler, 1886
  • Hampson, 1914
  • Hopffer, 1858
  • Warren, 1913
  • Acontia elaeoa Hampson, 1910
  • Turner, 1920
  • Acontia feae (Berio, 1937)
  • Zerny, 1916
  • Swinhoe, 1884
  • Warren, 1913
  • Acontia gloriosa (Kenrick, 1917)
  • Walker, [1858]
  • Acontia gratiosa Wallengren, 1856
  • Acontia guttifera Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
  • Hampson, 1910
  • Wiltshire, 1947
  • Hampson, 1910
  • Swinhoe, 1884
  • Acontia imitatrix Wallengren, 1856
  • Dyar, 1912
  • Todd, 1960
  • Schaus, 1898
  • Hampson, 1905
  • Acontia lucida Hufnagel, 1766
  • Acontia luteola Saalmüller, 1891
  • Viette, 1965
  • Mabille, 1881
  • Drury, 1782
  • Acontia marmoralis Fabricius, 1794
  • Rungs, 1953
  • Poole, 1989
  • Lower, 1903
  • Druce, 1909
  • Mabille, 1879
  • Mabille, 1882
  • Hampson, 1916
  • Schaus, 1898
  • Schaus, 1894
  • Bethune-Baker, 1911
  • Lower, 1903
  • Hampson, 1909
  • Acontia nitidula Fabricius, 1787
  • Acontia nivipicta Butler, 1886
  • Walker, 1857
  • Acontia nubifera (Hampson, 1910)
  • Hampson, 1902
  • Druce, 1909
  • Hampson, 1891
  • Acontia opalinoides Guenée, 1852
  • E. D. Jones, 1921
  • Walker, 1870
  • Viette, 1965
  • Druce, 1889
  • Hampson, 1910
  • Walker, 1869
  • Butler, 1898
  • Hampson, 1910
  • Walker, 1866
  • Hampson, 1908
  • Hampson, 1910
  • Acontia ruffinellii Biezanko, 1959
  • Hampson, 1910
  • Hampson, 1910
  • Guenée, 1852
  • Rebel, 1947
  • Acontia sexpunctata Fabricius, 1794
  • Aurivillius, 1879
  • Hampson, 1914
  • Saalmüller, 1891
  • Wiltshire, 1982
  • Berio, 1984
  • Hampson, 1910
  • Acontia thapsina Turner, 1902
  • Wallengren, 1875
  • Esper, 1798
  • Acontia transfigurata Wallengren, 1856
  • Saalmüller, 1891
  • Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
  • Frivaldszky, 1836
  • Hampson, 1914
  • Schaus, 1904
  • (Hampson, 1910)
  • Dyar, 1912
  • Wallengren, 1856
  • Aurivillius, 1879
  • Hampson, 1918
  • Acontia zelleri Wallengren, 1856

Former species transferred to Tarache[]

The following species were recently transferred to the genus Tarache:

  • Grote, 1877
  • (H. Edwards, 1881) (syn: Acontia acerboides Poole, 1989)
  • Acontia albifusa Ferris & Lafontaine, 2009
  • Druce, 1889
  • Acontia aprica Hübner, [1808]
  • Acontia areli Strecker, 1898
  • Acontia areloides Barnes & McDunnough, 1912
  • Smith, 1900
  • Grote, 1875
  • Grote, 1882
  • Barnes & Benjamin, 1922
  • (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) (syn: Acontia disconnecta Smith, 1903)
  • Barnes & McDunnough, 1918
  • Druce, 1889
  • Walker, [1858]
  • Grote, 1873
  • Acontia geminocula Ferris & Lafontaine, 2009
  • McDunnough, 1940
  • Harvey, 1875
  • (Mustelin & Leuschner, 2000)
  • Grote, 1879
  • Smith, 1900
  • Smith, 1900
  • Smith, 1900
  • H. Edwards, 1881
  • Hampson, 1910
  • Morrison, 1875
  • Grote, 1873
  • Acontia tetragona Walker, [1858]
  • Acontia toddi Ferris & Lafontaine, 2009

Former species[]

  • Acontia discalis Walker, 1865

References[]

  1. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (May 31, 2020). "Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1816". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
  2. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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