| Acontia sexpunctata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Acontia |
| Species: | A. sexpunctata |
| Binomial name | |
| Acontia sexpunctata (Fabricius, 1794) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Acontia sexpunctata is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794. [1] It is found in Sri Lanka [2] and India. [3]
Its host plant is Sida rhombifolia . [4]
Acraea terpsicore, the tawny coster, is a small, 53–64 millimetres (2.1–2.5 in), leathery-winged butterfly common in grassland and scrub habitats. It belongs to the Nymphalidae or brush-footed butterfly family. It has a weak fluttery flight. It is avoided by most insect predators. This species and the yellow coster are the only two Indian representatives of the predominantly African tribe Acraeini. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Maldives to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Singapore, and recently Australia
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.
Acontia nitidula, the Brixton beauty, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1787. 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.
Oraesia emarginata is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794. It is found in Australia, New Caledonia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Pakistan, the Philippines, India, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, China, Japan, Korea and Nepal as well as Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, the Gambia, Uganda, Oman and Yemen.
Amyna punctum is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794. This moth can be found throughout subtropical African countries such as South Africa, Madagascar and Australasian countries like India, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Borneo and the Andaman Islands.
Parotis marinata is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1784. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, New Guinea, on the Solomon Islands, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa. and Australia.
Ethmia acontias is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Sri Lanka and southern India.
Amata passalis, the sandalwood defoliator, is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1781. It is found in Sri Lanka and India.
Dierna patibulum is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Perina nuda, the clearwing tussock moth or banyan tussock moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1787. It is found in the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka, to southern China Hong Kong, Thailand and Sundaland.
Psalis pennatula, the yellow hairy caterpillar, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Australia and Java.
Celenna festivaria is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Borneo, Java Taiwan, the Ryukyu Islands and Luzon in the Philippines.
Polytela gloriosae, the Indian lily moth or lily caterpillar, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1781. It is found in Sri Lanka, India and probably in Indonesia.
Dichromia orosia, sometimes as Dichromia sagitta, is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in Sri Lanka and Australia. The caterpillar is a pest of Marsdenia species, Tylophora asthntatica and Tylophora indica.
Acontia marmoralis is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794. It is found in Sri Lanka, India, Japan and Taiwan.
Acontia opalinoides is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.
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