Acontia gloriosa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Acontia |
Species: | A. gloriosa |
Binomial name | |
Acontia gloriosa | |
Synonyms | |
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Acontia gloriosa is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was first described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1917 and is found in Madagascar.
The forewings of this species are coppery, shot with purple, the hindwings pale ochreous. The wingspan of this moth is 40 mm. [2]
Acontia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was named by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816. Eusceptis, Pseudalypia and Spragueia are sometimes included in the present genus, but here they are tentatively treated as different pending further research. Many species of Tarache were also once placed here.
Kenrickodes is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae described by Viette in 1961. The species are known from Madagascar.
Eutelephia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1926. Its only species, Eutelephia aureopicta, was first described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1917. It is found on Madagascar.
Hypercalymnia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1909.
Leucotelia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1926. Its only species, Leucotelia ochreoplagata, was first described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1917. It is found on Madagascar.
Phoberopsis is a monotypic moth genus in the family Lasiocampidae first described by Yves de Lajonquière in 1972. Its only species, Phoberopsis ferox, described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1914, is native to Madagascar.
Acontia luteola is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Max Saalmüller in 1891. It is known from Réunion and Madagascar.
Lophocera is a genus of snout moths described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1917.
Lophocera flavipuncta is a species of snout moth in the genus Lophocera. It was described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1917 and is known from Madagascar.
Borocera attenuata is a species of Lasiocampidae moth native to Madagascar. It was first described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1914.
Anania elutalis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was first described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1917 and is found on Madagascar.
Glyphodes paramicalis is a moth of the family Crambidae described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1917. It is found in Madagascar.
Syllepte aureotinctalis is a moth in the family Crambidae described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1917. It is known from Madagascar.
Xanthodesma rectangulata is a moth in the family Noctuidae. It was first described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1917 and is known from Madagascar.
Calligraphidia tessellata is a moth in the family Noctuidae. It was first described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1917 and is known from Madagascar.
Corgatha subindicata is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1917 and is found in Madagascar.
Eilema inconspicualis is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1914. It is found on Madagascar.
Sindris is a genus of snout moths.
Dicepolia marginescriptalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1917. It is found on Madagascar.
Pilocrocis rectilinealis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1917. It is found on Madagascar.