Acontia clerana

Acontia clerana
Ventral view
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Acontia
Species:
A. clerana
Binomial name
Acontia clerana
(Lower, 1902)
Synonyms
  • Tarache clerana Lower, 1902
  • Tarache hieroglyphica Lower, 1902
  • Acontia hieroglyphica (Lower, 1902)

Acontia clerana is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Western Australia, New South Wales and Queensland.

Morphology

Acontia species are characterized by an elongated palpi having pointed frontal tuft, and a well developed third segment. Antennae are simple and filiform, having no complex modifications or branches. Both the thorax and abdomen are covered in smooth scales, lacking tufts or patches. The forewing is bordered with non-crenulate cilia, and plain unnotched fringe along the edges. In terms of venation, veins 7 to 10 are stalked. The larval stage is characterized by the presence of four pairs of abdominal prolegs.[1]

References

  1. ^ Hampson, G.F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Vol. Moths–II. Taylor and Francis.
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