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Acontia

Number: 241.0
Author: Ochsenheimer
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/107193#page/94/mode/2up
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Acontia
Journal: Schmett. Eur.
Year: 1816
Homonym Count: 3.0
Page: 91
Ref Id: 4329.0
Status: Available name
Subfamily: Acontiinae
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Volume: 4
Type Country: [AUSTRIA]
Type Depository: (? Depository)
Type Locality: Vienna district
Types: Type(s)
Type Des Ref Id: 1600.0
Type Des: by subsequent designation by
Type Des Author: Duponchel
Type Des Year: 1829
Type Des Journal: Hist. nat. Lépid. Papillons Fr.
Type Des Title: Histoire Naturelle des Lépidoptères, ou Papillons de France
Type Des Volume: 7
Type Des Part: (2)
Type Des Page: 72
Type Des Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37758#page/92/mode/2up
Type Sp Author: Schiffermüller
Type Sp Journal: Ankündung syst. Werkes. Schmett. Wienergegend
Type Sp Page: 90
Type Sp Year: 1775
Type Sp Ref Id: 11114.0
Type Sp Genus: Noctua
Type Sp: solaris
Memo Links: ['http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noctuidae', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=ACONTIA']
Memo: Nye (1975) stated:- N. solaris is a junior subjective synonym of Phalaena lucida Hufnagel, 1766, Berlin. mag. 3 (3): 302. Incorrect type-species designation: Noctua luctuosa [Denis & Schiffermuller], 1775, in the Ophiderinae, cited by Curtis, 1829 September 1st, Br. Ent. 6: 276. This designation was published five months after that of Duponchel, dated from Biblphie Fr. 1829: 198. Watson, Fletcher & Nye (1980) stated:- Acontia has been used as the original generic name for species now in the Arctiidae. Poole (1989) included TARACHE Hübner, 1823; DESMOPHORA Stephens, 1829; EUPHASIA Stephens, 1830; HELIOTHERA Sodoffsky, 1837; PORROTHA Gistl, 1848; TIMA Walker, 1858; and TRICHOTARACHE Grote, 1875 as junior synonyms of ACONTIA Ochsenheimer, 1816. Poole (1989) included 146 species in the genus ACONTIA Ochsenheimer, 1816 and a further 1 species in the genus ACONTIA of authors. Poole (1989) included a single species in the genus EUPHASIA of aut

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Resource Butterflies and Moths of the World
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