Biology:Acontia opalinoides
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Acontia |
| Species: | A. opalinoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Acontia opalinoides Guenée, 1852
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Acontia opalinoides is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.[1]
Distribution
It is found in many African countries such as Angola, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia, Somalia, Sudan and Tanzania. It is also found in Old World tropics of Sri Lanka,[2] and India.[3]
Host plants are Abutilon and Gossypium species.[4][5]
References
- ↑ "Species Details: Pachyrhabda bacterias Meyrick, 1913". Catalogue of Life. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/b65c691ca948e04023a9f65441077bbb. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ↑ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara) (79): 1–57. https://www.academia.edu/1782757. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Acontia opalinoides Guenée, 1852". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/acontiinae/acontia/#opalinoides. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ↑ "Acontia opalinoides Guenée, 1852 host plants". https://www.africanmoths.com/pages/NOCTUIIDAE/ACONTIINAE/acontia%20opalinoides.htm. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
- ↑ "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". The Natural History Museum. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/hostplants/search/list.dsml?&PGenus=Gossypium&sort=Taxon. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q13226306 entry
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