Acontia karachiensis

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 karachiensis

Name

Acontia karachiensis Swinhoe, 1889

Type locality: Pakistan, Karachi.

Lectotype: BMNH. male. VII.1886.

Synonyms

• Hoplodrina carachiensis Hampson, 1910, Cat. Lep. Phal. Br. Mus. 10: 714, unjustified emendation of karachiensis Swinhoe, 1889
• Acropserotarache elegantissima Berio, 1937, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Giacomo Doria 59: 391. TL: Ethiopia, Ogaden.

References

• Swinhoe, 1889, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1889: 410.
• 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.