Acontia
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.
Description
Palpi long, porrect and met by a short sharp frontal tuft. Third joint prominent. Antennae simple. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled and tuftless. Forewings with non-crenulate cilia. Veins 7, 8 and 9, 10 stalked. Larva possess four abdominal prolegs.
Species
Acontia albida Acontia albinigra Warren, 1913Acontia antecedens Walker, 1869Acontia antica Walker, 1862Acontia apatelia Swinhoe, 1907Acontia ardoris Hübner, Acontia areletta Dyar, 1907Acontia asbenensis Rothschild, 1921Acontia basifera Walker, Acontia behrii Smith, 1900Acontia bicolora Leech, 1889Acontia bilimeki Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874Acontia biskrensis Oberthür, 1887Acontia brabanti Le Cerf, 1911Acontia briola Holland, 1894Acontia buchanani Rothschild, 1921Acontia caffraria Cramer, Acontia carnescens Hampson, 1910Acontia catenula Walker, 1865Acontia chea Druce, 1898 Acontia chia Holland, 1894Acontia chrysoproctis Hampson, 1902Acontia citripennis Hampson, 1910Acontia clerana Lower, 1902Acontia coquillettii Smith, 1900Acontia costistigma Walker, Acontia costosa Mabille, 1899Acontia crassivalva Wiltshire, 1947Acontia cratina Druce, 1889Acontia cretata Grote & Robinson, 1870 - chalky bird-dropping mothAcontia crocata Guenée, 1852Acontia cuprina Walker, Acontia cyanipha Lower, 1897Acontia cyanocraspi Hampson, 1910Acontia damia Druce, 1889Acontia decisa Walker, Acontia delphinensis Viette, 1968Acontia destricta Draudt, 1936Acontia detrita Butler, 1886Acontia dichroa Hampson, 1914Acontia discoidea Hopffer, 1858Acontia disrupta Warren, 1913Acontia elaeoa Hampson, 1910Acontia euschema Turner, 1920Acontia feae Acontia fiebrigi Zerny, 1916Acontia flavonigra Swinhoe, 1884Acontia gagites Warren, 1913Acontia gloriosa Acontia gradata Walker, Acontia gratiosa Wallengren, 1856Acontia guttifera Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874Acontia hemiglauca Hampson, 1910Acontia hemipentha Wiltshire, 1947Acontia hemixanthia Hampson, 1910Acontia hortensis Swinhoe, 1884Acontia imitatrix Wallengren, 1856Acontia interposita Dyar, 1912Acontia isolata Todd, 1960Acontia jaliscana Schaus, 1898Acontia leucotrigona Hampson, 1905Acontia lucida Hufnagel, 1766Acontia luteola Saalmüller, 1891Acontia malagasy Viette, 1965Acontia malgassica Mabille, 1881Acontia margaritana Drury, 1782Acontia marmoralis Fabricius, 1794Acontia mekki Rungs, 1953Acontia mesoleucoides Poole, 1989Acontia micrasti Lower, 1903Acontia micropis Druce, 1909Acontia microptera Mabille, 1879Acontia miegii Mabille, 1882Acontia miogona Hampson, 1916Acontia mizteca Schaus, 1898Acontia morides Schaus, 1894Acontia nephata Bethune-Baker, 1911Acontia neurota Lower, 1903Acontia niphogona Hampson, 1909Acontia nitidula Fabricius, 1787Acontia nivipicta Butler, 1886Acontia notabilis Walker, 1857Acontia nubifera Acontia nubilata Hampson, 1902Acontia ochrochroa Druce, 1909Acontia olivacea Hampson, 1891Acontia opalinoides Guenée, 1852Acontia parana E. D. Jones, 1921Acontia partita Walker, 1870Acontia pauliani Viette, 1965Acontia phaenna Druce, 1889Acontia phrygionis Hampson, 1910Acontia polychroma Walker, 1869Acontia porphyrea Butler, 1898Acontia psaliphora Hampson, 1910Acontia quadrata Walker, 1866Acontia rachiastis Hampson, 1908Acontia rufescens Hampson, 1910Acontia ruffinellii Biezanko, 1959Acontia ruficinta Hampson, 1910Acontia rufitincta Hampson, 1910Acontia secta Guenée, 1852Acontia seminigra Rebel, 1947Acontia sexpunctata Fabricius, 1794Acontia spangbergi Aurivillius, 1879Acontia sphaerophora Hampson, 1914Acontia stumpffi Saalmüller, 1891Acontia subarabica Wiltshire, 1982Acontia sublimbata Berio, 1984Acontia tetragonisa Hampson, 1910Acontia thapsina Turner, 1902Acontia tinctilis Wallengren, 1875Acontia titania Esper, 1798Acontia transfigurata Wallengren, 1856Acontia trimacula Saalmüller, 1891Acontia umbrigera Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874Acontia urania Frivaldszky, 1836Acontia vaualbum Hampson, 1914Acontia venita Schaus, 1904Acontia viridifera Acontia vittamargo Dyar, 1912Acontia wahlbergi Wallengren, 1856Acontia wallengreni Aurivillius, 1879Acontia yemenensis Hampson, 1918Acontia zelleri Wallengren, 1856
Former species transferred to ''Tarache''
The following species were recently transferred to the genus Tarache:Acontia abdominalis Grote, 1877Acontia acerba Acontia albifusa Ferris & Lafontaine, 2009Acontia apela Druce, 1889Acontia aprica Hübner, Acontia areli Strecker, 1898Acontia areloides Barnes & McDunnough, 1912Acontia arida Smith, 1900Acontia assimilis Grote, 1875Acontia expolita Grote, 1882Acontia bella Barnes & Benjamin, 1922Acontia bilimeki Acontia cora Barnes & McDunnough, 1918Acontia dacia Druce, 1889Acontia delecta Walker, Acontia flavipennis Grote, 1873Acontia geminocula Ferris & Lafontaine, 2009Acontia knowltoni McDunnough, 1940Acontia lactipennis Harvey, 1875Acontia lagunae Acontia lanceolata Grote, 1879Acontia lucasi Smith, 1900Acontia major Smith, 1900Acontia quadriplaga Smith, 1900Acontia sedata H. Edwards, 1881Acontia sutor Hampson, 1910Acontia tenuicula Morrison, 1875Acontia terminimaculata Grote, 1873Acontia tetragona Walker, Acontia toddi Ferris & Lafontaine, 2009
Former species
Acontia discalis Walker, 1865