Acontia areletta

Acontia areletta
Male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Acontia
Species:	A. areletta
Binomial name
Acontia areletta Dyar, 1907

Acontia areletta is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1907. It is found in Mexico.

The length of the forewings is 12–14 mm for both males and females. Adults are on wing from October to November depending on the location. ^[1]

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. ^[2]

References

1. Ferris, Clifford; Lafontaine, Donald (2009-12-05). "Review of the Acontia areli group with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Acontiinae)". ZooKeys (9): 27–46. Bibcode:2009ZooK....9...27F. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.9.180 . ISSN   1313-2970.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
2. Hampson, G.F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Vol. Moths–II. Taylor and Francis.

External links

• Ferris, Clifford & Lafontaine, Donald (May 12, 2009). "Review of the Acontia areli group with descriptions of three new species". ZooKeys (9): 27–46. Bibcode:2009ZooK....9...27F. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.9.180 .