Acontarache

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Noctuidae
Subfamilia: Acontiinae
Tribus: Acontiini
Genus: Acontia
Subgenus: Acontarache
Species: A. (A.) bechuana - A. (A.) somaliensis
Name

Acontarache Berio, 1977

Type species: Acontarache somaliensis Berio, 1977
References

Hacker, H.H., Legrain, A. & Fibiger, M. 2008. Revision of the genus Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1816 and the tribus Acontiini Guenée, 1841 (Old World) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Acontiinae). Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie 14: 7–533. Reference page.

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]

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

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.
Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Acontarache Berio, 1977". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
Savela, Markku (May 31, 2020). "Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1816". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 30, 2020.