Acontia antica

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: Emmelia
Species: Acontia antica
Subspecies: A. a. antica – A. a. subtilis

Name

Acontia antica Walker, 1862

Type locality: RSA, Natal.

Holotype: UMO. male ♂.

Synonyms

• Tarache acontina Mabille, 1900, Ann. Soc. Ent. France 68: 729. TL: Central Africa. HT: MNHN. female.
• Tarache semiplumbea Hampson, 1902, Annls South African Mus. 2: 384. TL: RSA, Cape Colony, Bedford. HT: BMNH. female. leg. M. Weale.
• Tarache brabanti Le Cerf, 1911, Bull. Mus. Nat. d' Hist. Nat. Paris 17: 540. TL: Kenya, Nairobi. HT: MNHN. male. 1906. Maurice de Rothschild.

References

• Walker, 1862, Trans. Ent. Soc. London (ser. 3) 1: 90
• Hacker, H.H., Legrain, A. & Fibiger, M. 2008. Revision of the genus Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1816 and the tribus Acontiini Guenée, 1841 (Old World) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Acontiinae). Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie 14: 7–533. Reference page.