''Acontia'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

s of the family

Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family (biology), family of moths. Taxonomically, they are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly ...

. 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-crenulate cilia. Veins 7, 8 and 9, 10 stalked. Larva possess four abdominal

proleg A proleg is a small, fleshy, stub structure found on the ventral surface of the abdomen of most larval forms of insects of the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, though they can also be found on larvae of insects such as symphyta, sawflies. In ...

Species

* '' Acontia albida'' (Hampson, 1910) * '' Acontia albinigra'' Warren, 1913 * '' Acontia antecedens'' Walker, 1869 * '' Acontia antica'' Walker, 1862 * '' Acontia apatelia'' Swinhoe, 1907 * '' Acontia ardoris'' Hübner, 827-1831/small> * '' Acontia areletta'' Dyar, 1907 * '' Acontia asbenensis'' Rothschild, 1921 * '' Acontia basifera'' Walker, 858/small> * '' Acontia behrii'' Smith, 1900 * '' Acontia bicolora'' Leech, 1889 * '' Acontia bilimeki'' Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874 * '' Acontia biskrensis'' Oberthür, 1887 * '' Acontia brabanti'' Le Cerf, 1911 * '' Acontia briola'' Holland, 1894 * '' Acontia buchanani'' Rothschild, 1921 * '' Acontia caffraria'' Cramer, 777/small> * '' Acontia carnescens'' Hampson, 1910 * '' Acontia catenula'' Walker, 1865 * '' Acontia chea'' Druce, 1898 (syn: ''Acontia eudryada'' Smith, 1905) * '' Acontia chia'' Holland, 1894 * '' Acontia chrysoproctis'' Hampson, 1902 * '' Acontia citripennis'' Hampson, 1910 * '' Acontia clerana'' Lower, 1902 * '' Acontia coquillettii'' Smith, 1900 * '' Acontia costistigma'' Walker, 858/small> * '' Acontia costosa'' Mabille, 1899 * '' Acontia crassivalva'' Wiltshire, 1947 * '' Acontia cratina'' Druce, 1889 * '' Acontia cretata'' Grote & Robinson, 1870 – chalky bird-dropping moth * '' Acontia crocata'' Guenée, 1852 * '' Acontia cuprina'' Walker, 863/small> * '' Acontia cyanipha'' Lower, 1897 * '' Acontia cyanocraspi'' Hampson, 1910 * '' Acontia damia'' Druce, 1889 * '' Acontia decisa'' Walker, 858/small> * '' Acontia delphinensis'' Viette, 1968 * '' Acontia destricta'' Draudt, 1936 * '' Acontia detrita'' Butler, 1886 * '' Acontia dichroa'' Hampson, 1914 * '' Acontia discoidea'' Hopffer, 1858 * '' Acontia disrupta'' Warren, 1913 * '' Acontia elaeoa'' Hampson, 1910 * '' Acontia euschema'' Turner, 1920 * '' Acontia feae'' (Berio, 1937) * '' Acontia fiebrigi'' Zerny, 1916 * '' Acontia flavonigra'' Swinhoe, 1884 * '' Acontia gagites'' Warren, 1913 * '' Acontia gloriosa'' (Kenrick, 1917) * '' Acontia gradata'' Walker, 858/small> * '' Acontia gratiosa'' Wallengren, 1856 * '' Acontia guttifera'' Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874 * '' Acontia hemiglauca'' Hampson, 1910 * '' Acontia hemipentha'' Wiltshire, 1947 * '' Acontia hemixanthia'' Hampson, 1910 * '' Acontia hortensis'' Swinhoe, 1884 * '' Acontia imitatrix'' Wallengren, 1856 * '' Acontia interposita'' Dyar, 1912 * '' Acontia isolata'' Todd, 1960 * '' Acontia jaliscana'' Schaus, 1898 * '' Acontia leucotrigona'' Hampson, 1905 * '' Acontia lucida'' Hufnagel, 1766 * '' Acontia luteola'' Saalmüller, 1891 * '' Acontia malagasy'' Viette, 1965 * '' Acontia malgassica'' Mabille, 1881 * '' Acontia margaritana'' Drury, 1782 * '' Acontia marmoralis'' Fabricius, 1794 * '' Acontia mekki'' Rungs, 1953 * '' Acontia mesoleucoides'' Poole, 1989 * '' Acontia micrasti'' Lower, 1903 * '' Acontia micropis'' Druce, 1909 * '' Acontia microptera'' Mabille, 1879 * '' Acontia miegii'' Mabille, 1882 * '' Acontia miogona'' Hampson, 1916 * '' Acontia mizteca'' Schaus, 1898 * '' Acontia morides'' Schaus, 1894 * '' Acontia nephata'' Bethune-Baker, 1911 * '' Acontia neurota'' Lower, 1903 * '' Acontia niphogona'' Hampson, 1909 * '' Acontia nitidula'' Fabricius, 1787 * '' Acontia nivipicta'' Butler, 1886 * '' Acontia notabilis'' Walker, 1857 * '' Acontia nubifera'' (Hampson, 1910) * '' Acontia nubilata'' Hampson, 1902 * '' Acontia ochrochroa'' Druce, 1909 * '' Acontia olivacea'' Hampson, 1891 * '' Acontia opalinoides'' Guenée, 1852 * '' Acontia parana'' E. D. Jones, 1921 * '' Acontia partita'' Walker, 1870 * '' Acontia pauliani'' Viette, 1965 * '' Acontia phaenna'' Druce, 1889 * '' Acontia phrygionis'' Hampson, 1910 * '' Acontia polychroma'' Walker, 1869 * '' Acontia porphyrea'' Butler, 1898 * '' Acontia psaliphora'' Hampson, 1910 * '' Acontia quadrata'' Walker, 1866 * '' Acontia rachiastis'' Hampson, 1908 * '' Acontia rufescens'' Hampson, 1910 * '' Acontia ruffinellii'' Biezanko, 1959 * '' Acontia ruficinta'' Hampson, 1910 * '' Acontia rufitincta'' Hampson, 1910 * '' Acontia secta'' Guenée, 1852 * '' Acontia seminigra'' Rebel, 1947 * '' Acontia sexpunctata'' Fabricius, 1794 * '' Acontia spangbergi'' Aurivillius, 1879 * '' Acontia sphaerophora'' Hampson, 1914 * '' Acontia stumpffi'' Saalmüller, 1891 * '' Acontia subarabica'' Wiltshire, 1982 * '' Acontia sublimbata'' Berio, 1984 * '' Acontia tetragonisa'' Hampson, 1910 * '' Acontia thapsina'' Turner, 1902 * '' Acontia tinctilis'' Wallengren, 1875 * '' Acontia titania'' Esper, 1798 * '' Acontia transfigurata'' Wallengren, 1856 * '' Acontia trimacula'' Saalmüller, 1891 * '' Acontia umbrigera'' Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874 * '' Acontia urania'' Frivaldszky, 1836 * '' Acontia vaualbum'' Hampson, 1914 * '' Acontia venita'' Schaus, 1904 * '' Acontia viridifera'' (Hampson, 1910) * '' Acontia vittamargo'' Dyar, 1912 * '' Acontia wahlbergi'' Wallengren, 1856 * '' Acontia wallengreni'' Aurivillius, 1879 * '' Acontia yemenensis'' Hampson, 1918 * '' Acontia zelleri'' Wallengren, 1856

Former species transferred to ''Tarache''

The following species were recently transferred to the genus '' Tarache'': * '' Acontia abdominalis'' Grote, 1877 * '' Acontia acerba'' (H. Edwards, 1881) (syn: ''Acontia acerboides'' Poole, 1989) * '' Acontia albifusa'' Ferris & Lafontaine, 2009 * '' Acontia apela'' Druce, 1889 * '' Acontia aprica'' Hübner, 808/small> * '' Acontia areli'' Strecker, 1898 * '' Acontia areloides'' Barnes & McDunnough, 1912 * '' Acontia arida'' Smith, 1900 * '' Acontia assimilis'' Grote, 1875 * '' Acontia expolita'' Grote, 1882 * '' Acontia bella'' Barnes & Benjamin, 1922 * '' Acontia bilimeki'' (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) (syn: ''Acontia disconnecta'' Smith, 1903) * '' Acontia cora'' Barnes & McDunnough, 1918 * '' Acontia dacia'' Druce, 1889 * '' Acontia delecta'' Walker, 858/small> * '' Acontia flavipennis'' Grote, 1873 * '' Acontia geminocula'' Ferris & Lafontaine, 2009 * '' Acontia knowltoni'' McDunnough, 1940 * '' Acontia lactipennis'' Harvey, 1875 * '' Acontia lagunae'' (Mustelin & Leuschner, 2000) * '' Acontia lanceolata'' Grote, 1879 * '' Acontia lucasi'' Smith, 1900 * '' Acontia major'' Smith, 1900 * '' Acontia quadriplaga'' Smith, 1900 * '' Acontia sedata'' H. Edwards, 1881 * '' Acontia sutor'' Hampson, 1910 * '' Acontia tenuicula'' Morrison, 1875 * '' Acontia terminimaculata'' Grote, 1873 * '' Acontia tetragona'' Walker, 858/small> * '' Acontia toddi'' Ferris & Lafontaine, 2009

Former species

* '' Acontia discalis'' Walker, 1865

References

* * {{Taxonbar , from=Q4674506 Acontiinae Noctuoidea genera Taxa named by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer