Acontia (Metapioplasta) microptera

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 (Metapioplasta)
Species: Acontia (Metapioplasta) microptera

Name

Acontia (Metapioplasta) microptera Mabille, 1879

Type locality: Madagascar.

Holotype: MNHN. female. designated by Viette, 1954

Synonyms

• Acontia naevulosa Saalmüller, 1881, Lepidopteren von Madagascar: 334, fig. 237. TL: Madagascar, Nossi-Be. HT: female. SNG.
• Tarache costosa Mabille, 1900, Soc. Ent. France 68: 728. TL: East Africa. HT: female. MNHN.
• Trache decoripennis Mabille, 1900, Soc. Ent. France 68: 728. TL: East Africa. according to Viette & Fletcher, 1968, destroyed.

References

• Mabille, 1879, Ann. Soc. Ent. France (ser. 5) 9: 321.
• 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.