Acontarache Explained

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]

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).[2]

Notes and References

  1. Pitkin . Brian . Jenkins . Paul . amp . November 5, 2004 . Acontarache Berio, 1977 . Butterflies and Moths of the World . . 10.5519/s93616qw . September 30, 2020.
  2. Web site: Savela . Markku . May 31, 2020 . Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1816 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . September 30, 2020.