Acontia chea

Acontia chea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Tribe:	Acontiini
Genus:	Acontia
Species:	A. chea
Binomial name
Acontia chea Druce, 1889
Synonyms [1]
Acontia eudryada Smith, 1905

Acontia chea is a species of bird dropping moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

The MONA or Hodges number for Acontia chea is 9160. ^[4]

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. ^[5]

References

1. "Acontia chea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Acontia chea". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Acontia chea species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
4. "North American Moth Photographers Group, Acontia chea" . Retrieved 2019-09-23.
5. Hampson, G.F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Vol. Moths–II. Taylor and Francis.

Further reading

• Lafontaine, D.; Ferris, C. (2009). "Review of the Acontia areli group with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Acontiinae)". ZooKeys (9): 27–46. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.9.180 .
• Lafontaine, J. Donald; Schmidt, B. Christian (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys (40): 127–47. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.40.414 .
• Lafontaine, J. Donald; Schmidt, B. Christian (2015). "Additions and corrections to the checklist of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico, III". ZooKeys (527): 227–236. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.527.6151 . PMC   4668890 . PMID   26692790.
• Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi: 10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287 .