Acontia opalinoides
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Acontia |
| Species: | A. opalinoides
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| Acontia opalinoides Guenée, 1852
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Acontia opalinoides is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.[1]
Distribution
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ "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 (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 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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