Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea
Noctuidae
Acontiinae
Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1816
Noctua solaris Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
= Desmophora Stephens, 1829 [August]: 109 (TS: Phalaena catena Sowerby, 1806
= Euphasia Stephens, 1830 (TS: Phalaena catena Sowerby, 1806)
= Heliothera Sodoffsky, 1837: 89 (Proposed, unnecessarily, as an objective replacement name for Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1816, which Sodoffsky considered to be inappropriate)
= Porrotha Gistl, 1848: viii (Proposed, unnecessarily, as an objective replacement name for Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1816, which Gistl considered to be a junior homonym of Acontias Cuvier, 1817 (Reptilia))
= Tima Walker, [1858] 1857: 839 (TS: Phalaena margaritata Drury, 1782: 28, pl. 21, fig. 6, Index, by monotypy, but included by Walker as marginata, an incorrect subsequent spelling. Type locality stated to be New York, but this was probably an error as this species is not known to occur in the New World, but is found in southern Africa. Tima Walker is a junior homonym of Tima Eschscholtz, 1829: 103 (Coelenterata). There is no objective replacement name but P. margaritata Drury is congeneric with Phalaena catena Sowerby, the type species of Desmophora Stephens, 1829. The latter is therefore available for use as a subjective replacement name Nye (1975)).
= Hoplotarache Hampson, 1910: xviii, 712 (TS: Tarache inionides Hampson, 1905: 435)
= Cardiosace Hampson, 1910: xviii, 706 (TS: Tarache sphendonistis Hampson, 1902: 384)
= Hypercalymnia Hampson, 1910 (TS: Hypercalymnia metaxantha Hampson, 1910)
= Stylorache Hampson, 1910: 7, 701 (TS: Stylorache albida Hampson, 1910: 701, fig. 198)
= Procriosis Hampson, 1910: 4, 711 (TS: Procriosis dileuca Hampson, 1910: 711, fig. 202)
= Chelichares Hampson, 1910: 718 (TS: Chelichares nubifera Hampson, 1910: 718, fig. 205)
= Ceratostrotia Warren, in Seitz, 1913: 291 (TS: Tarache melanchlaena Swinhoe, 1891: 148)
= Rhodotarache Warren, 1914: 478 (TS: Rhodotarache roseofusca Warren, 1914: 478, pl. 40, fig. 17)
= Fredina Brandt, 1939: 242 (TS: Fredina esmeralda Brandt, 1939: 242, pl. i, fig. 6)
= Desmophora Stephens, 1829 [June]: 43. Both the generic and the only included name elegans Stephens were nomina nuda.
= Chalichares; Neave 1939: 665 (An incorrect subsequent spelling)
Desmophora Stephens, 1829 [June]: 43. Both the generic and the only included name elegans Stephens were nomina nuda.
Chalichares; Neave 1939: 665 (An incorrect subsequent spelling)
Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1816
Acontia (Acontia) opalinoides Guenée, 1852
"Cote de Coromandel" [Tamil Nadu, India]
=Calophasia postica Walker, 1865: 764 (TL: South Hindostan (South India))
Distribution
Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal
Coasts, Deccan Peninsula, Gangetic Plain, Semi Arid