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Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea

Family

Noctuidae

Subfamily

Acontiinae

Tribe/Subtribe

Genus

Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1816

Type Species

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)

Subgenus

Emmelia Hübner, [1821] 1816

Type Species

Phalaena sulphuralis Linnaeus, 1767

= Erotyla Hübner, 1822: 22, 26 (TS: Phalaena sulphuralis Linnaeus, 1767: 881 (=Noctua sulphurea [Schiffermüller], 1775: 93 (an unjustified emendation Phalaena sulphuralis)). Erotyla is an objective synonym of Emmelia.
= Agrophila Boisduval, 1840: 175 (TS: Phalaena sulphuralis Linnaeus, 1767). Agrophila is an objective synonym of Emmelia.
= Acropserotarache Berio, 1937: 391 (TS: Acropserotarache elegantissima Berio, 1937: 391)
= Emmelacontia Beck, 2000 (TS: Acontia viridisquama Guenée, 1852: 219, pl. 10, fig. 3)

Species/Subspecies

Acontia (Emmelia ) lunana Fabricius, 1794 (Pyralis)

Type Locality

India Orientali

= Acontia olivea Guenée, 1852: 217 (TL: East Indies)
= Tarache nivosa Swinhoe, 1886: 446, pl. 41, f. 14 (TL: Mhow, India)

Ladakh Jammu & Kashmir Uttarakhand Sikkim Punjab Bihar WestBengal Odisha Maharashtra Karnataka Goa Andhra Pradesh Tamil Nadu Kerala Arunachal Pradesh Assam Meghalaya Tripura Manipur Mizoram Rajasthan Gujarat Jharkhand Chhattisgarh Uttar Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Nagaland Haryana Delhi Himachal Pradesh Telengana Andaman & Nikobar Island Lakshadweep

Distribution

Specific Records

Central India

Bio Geographic Zones/Zones

Deccan Peninsula