Acontia

Acontia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Acontiinae
Genus: Acontia
Ochsenheimer, 1816
Synonyms
  • Stylorache Hampson, 1910
  • Chelichares Hampson, 1910

Acontia is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family. 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).

Species

Former species

The following species were recently transferred to the Tarache genus:

References