Acontarache

Acontarache is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Acontarache somaliensis, is found in Somalia. Both the genus and species were first described by Emilio Berio in 1977.[1][2]

Acontarache
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Acontarache

Berio, 1977
Species:
A. somaliensis
Binomial name
Acontarache somaliensis
Berio, 1977

Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms gives this name as a subgenus of Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1816 and the above species as a synonym of Acontia somaliensis (Berio, 1977).[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Acontarache". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  2. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Acontarache Berio, 1977". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  3. Savela, Markku (May 31, 2020). "Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1816". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 30, 2020.


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