Acontia (Acontia) margaritata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Noctuidae
Subfamilia: Acontiinae
Tribus: Acontiini
Genus: Acontia
Subgenus: Acontia (Acontia)
Species: Acontia (Acontia) margaritata

Name

Acontia (Acontia) margaritata (Drury, 1782)

Type locality: RSA.

Holotype: not preserved.

Synonyms

• Phalaena Nictua margaritata Drury, 1782
• Acontia bohemani Wallengren, 1856, Anteckningar i Zoologien l. kafferlandets Macrolepidopt-fauna: 58. TL: RSA, Caffraria. HT: NR. male.
• Acontia includens Walker, 1858, List Spec. Lep. Ins. Colln Br. Mus. 12: 799. TL: Natal, Durban (Gooch). HT: BMNH. female.
• Acontia monilifera Walker, 1858, List Spec. Lep. Ins. Colln Br. Mus. 12: 798. TL: Natal, Durban (Gooch). HT: BMNH. female.
• Acontia unio Felder, 1874, Reise Österreichische Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1859 2 (2/2): pl. 108, fig. 32. TL: RSA, Ntal, Verulam. HT: BMNH. male. II.1867.

References

• Drury, 1782, III. Nat. Hist. 3: 28.
• Hacker, H.H., A. Legrain & M. Fibiger, 2008, Revision of the genus Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1816 and the tribus Acontiini Guenée, 1841 (Old World) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Acontiinae) Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Band 14: 7–533.