Acontia (Acontia) caffraria

Acontia (Acontia) caffraria

Taxonavigation

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

Acontia (Acontia) caffraria (Cramer, 1777)

Type locality: RSA, Cape of Good Hope.

Holotype: not preserved. neotype designated here.

Synonyms

• 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

• 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.