Acontia (Acontia) caffraria

Acontia (Acontia) caffraria

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Noctuidae
Subfamilia: Acontiinae
Tribus: Acontiini
Genus: Acontia
Subgenus: Acontia (Acontia)
Species: Acontia (Acontia) caffraria
Subspecies: A. (A.) c. caffraria – A. (A.) c. knudlarseni

Name

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Acontia (Acontia) caffraria (Cramer, 1777)

Type locality: RSA, Cape of Good Hope.

Holotype: not preserved. neotype designated here.

Synonyms

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  • Phalaena Noctua caffraria Cramer, 1777
  • Noctua caloris Hübner, 1808, Sammlung Eur. Schmetterlinge 4: pl. 50, fig. 372. TL: Europe.
  • Acontia komaga Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874, Reisse Österreichische Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1859 2 (2/2), pl. 108, fig. 33. TL: RSA, Knysna. HT: BMNH.

References

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  • Cramer, 1777, De Uitlandsche Kapellen Voorkomende in Drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Africa en Ameria, Amsterdam 2: 82.
  • Hacker, H.H., A. Legrain & M. Fibiger, 2008, Revision of the genus Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1816 and the tribus Acontiini Guenée, 1841 (Old World) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Acontiinae) Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Band 14: 7–533.