Acontia opalinoides
Acontia opalinoides is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.[1]
| Acontia opalinoides | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Acontia |
| Species: | A. opalinoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Acontia opalinoides Guenée, 1852 | |
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Distribution
It is found in many African countries such as Angola, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia, Somalia, Sudan and Tanzania. It is also found in Old World tropics of Sri Lanka,[2] and India.[3]
Host plants are Abutilon and Gossypium species.[4][5]
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References
- "Species Details: Pachyrhabda bacterias Meyrick, 1913". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- Savela, Markku. "Acontia opalinoides Guenée, 1852". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- "Acontia opalinoides Guenée, 1852 host plants". African Moths. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
- "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
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