Acontia marmoralis

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Acontia marmoralis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Acontia
Species:
A. marmoralis
Binomial name
Acontia marmoralis
(Fabricius, 1794)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena marmoralisFabricius, 1794
  • Acontia tropicaGuenée, 1852
  • Acontia bipunctataWalker, 1858
  • Acontia maculosaWalker, 1858
  • Tarache hemiglaucaHampson, 1910

Acontia marmoralis is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794. [1] It is found in Sri Lanka, [2] India, [3] Japan [4] and Taiwan. [5]

Host plant is Sida rhombifolia , [6] Sida alnifolia and cotton. [7]

References

  1. "Species Details: Pachyrhabda bacterias Meyrick, 1913". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  2. 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.
  3. Savela, Markku. "Acontia marmoralis (Fabricius, 1794)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  4. "ウスキマダラコヤガ Acontia marmoralis (Fabricius, 1794)". Digital Moths of Japan. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  5. "Acontia marmoralis (Fabricius, 1794) 斑葵麗夜蛾". Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  6. Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian; Beccaloni, George W.; Hernández, Luis M. (2023). "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". The Natural History Museum. doi:10.5519/havt50xw . Retrieved 28 June 2018.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. "Pests". ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources. Retrieved 28 June 2018.