Acontia nitidula

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Acontia nitidula
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Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 5
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Acontia
Species:
A. nitidula
Binomial name
Acontia nitidula
(Fabricius, 1787)
Synonyms
  • Bombyx nitidulaFabricius, 1787
  • Phalaena catenaSowerby, 1805
  • Desmophora elegansStephens, 1829 (replacement name for Phalaena catenaSowerby, 1805)

Acontia nitidula, the Brixton beauty, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in South Africa, Europe, China, Japan and throughout India and Sri Lanka. It has also been recorded from Great Britain, but this record is doubtful.

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The larvae feed on the leaves of Abelmoschus esculentus and cotton and are considered a minor pest.

Occurrence in the British Isles

The occurrence of Acontia nitidula in the British Isles is unconfirmed and highly doubtful. It was included on the British checklist of Lepidoptera species on the basis of a single specimen taken by Mr Plastead, a notorious dealer in rarities, at Brixton in September 1829. It is thought to be deliberately imported and there is no evidence of breeding in the United Kingdom.

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<i>Acontia</i> genus of insects

Acontia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected 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.

Tarache is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by Jacob Hübner. It includes most former New World Acontia species. Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms and The Global Lepidoptera Names Index report this name as a synonym of Acontia.

<i>Acontia lucida</i> Species of moth

Acontia lucida is a moth of the family Noctuidae.

<i>Acontia cretata</i> species of insect

Acontia cretata, the chalky bird dropping moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote and Coleman Townsend Robinson in 1870. It is found from the US states of California to Texas and Oklahoma, north to Colorado and Utah.

<i>Acontia crocata</i> Species of moth

Acontia crocata is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from India to Australia. In 2003, it was recorded from Deux-Sèvres in France.

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