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)
Metapioplasta Wallengren, [1865] 1864
Acontia simo Wallengren, 1860
= Aulotarache Hampson, 1910: xviii, 722 (TS: Tarache decoripennis Mabille, 1900: 728)
Acontia (Metapioplasta ) microptera Mabille, [1880]
Madagascar
= Acontia naevulosa Saalmüller, 1891: 334, f. 237 (TL: Nossi-be, Madagascar)
= Tarache costosa Mabille, [1900]: 728 (TL: East Africa)
= Tarache decoripennis Mabille, [1900]: 728 (TL: East Africa)
= Aulotarache decoripennis subpallida Warren, 1913: 300 (TL: Bombay, Kutch (Gujarat, India))
= Aulotarache decoripennis brunneiceps Warren, 1913: 300 (TL: Cuddapah, Madras [Province] [Andhra Pradesh]
= Aulatarache decoripennis ab. kutchensis Strand, 1917: 37 (TL: Bombay [Province], Kutch (Gujarat, India))
= Aulatarache decoripennis ab. cuddapahensis Strand, 1917: 37 (TL: Cuddapah, Madras [Province] [Andhra Pradesh]
Distribution
Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat
Deccan Peninsula, Semi Arid