Acontia dichroa
| Acontia dichroa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Acontia |
| Species: | A. dichroa
|
| Binomial name | |
| Acontia dichroa Hampson, 1914
| |
Acontia dichroa is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae. It was originally described by George Hampson in 1914.
Description
The wingspan is approximately 26mm (1.02 in).[1]
It was previously termed Tarache dichroa. It is also synonymous with Tarache seminigra (Rebel 1947).
Morphology
Individuals are characterized by elongated palpi having a 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.[2]
Distribution
It has been recorded in northeastern Africa (Djibouti, Ethiopia, Sudan, Egypt), East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania), the Arabian Peninsula (Saudi Arabia, Yemen) and parts of India.[3]
References
- ^ Rothschild, W. "On the Lepidoptera collected by Captain A. Buchanan in northern Nigeria and the southern Sahara in 1919–1920". Novitates Zoologicae. Captain Angus Buchanan's air expedition V. 28: 142–170.
- ^ Hampson, G.F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Vol. Moths–II. Taylor and Francis.
- ^ Salem, A.M.A. (2020). "Revision of family Noctuidae of Egypt (3) Subfamilies "Acontiinae, Agaristinae, Amphipyrinae and Hadeninae" (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)". Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. 13 (1): 59–88. ISSN 1687-8809 – via EAJBSA.