Acontiinae
Subfamily of moths
title: "Acontiinae" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["acontiinae", "noctuidae", "moth-subfamilies"] description: "Subfamily of moths" topic_path: "general/acontiinae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acontiinae" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Subfamily of moths ::
| image = Ponometia erastrioides P1630971a.jpg | image_caption = Ponometia erastrioides, Oklahoma | taxon = Acontiinae | authority = Guenée, 1841 | subdivision_ranks = Tribes | subdivision =
- Acontiini Guenée, 1841
- Armadini
- Chamaecleini Keegan & Wagner, 2019 ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Acontia_guttifera_-_inat_92096129.jpg" caption="''Acontia guttifera'', South Africa"] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/Spragueia_dama_-_inat_94574715.jpg" caption="''Spragueia dama'', Oklahoma"] ::
Acontiinae is a subfamily of bird dropping moths in the family Noctuidae. There are more than 50 genera and 430 described species in Acontiinae, found worldwide in temperate and tropical climates.
Genera
These 52 genera belong to the subfamily Acontiinae: ; Tribe Acontiini Guenée, 1841 : Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1816 : Eusceptis Hübner, 1823 : Kebara Rothschild, 1788 : Phyllophila Guenée, 1852 : Ponometia Herrich-Schäffer, 1868 : Pseudalypia H.Edwards, 1874 : Spragueia Grote, 1875 : Tarache Hübner, 1823 ; Tribe Armadini : Armada Staudinger, 1884 : Asplenia Hampson, 1916 ; Tribe Chamaecleini : Aleptinoides Barnes & McDunnough, 1912 : Austrazenia Warren, 1913 : Chalcoecia Hampson, 1908 : Chamaeclea Grote, 1883 : Heminocloa Barnes & Benjamin, 1924 : Hemioslaria Barnes & Benjamin, 1924 : Megalodes Guenee, 1852 : Thurberiphaga Dyar, 1920 : Trogotorna Hampson, 1910 ; Not placed in a tribe : Acrobyla Rebel, 1903 : Alypophanes Turner, 1908 : Apaustis Hübner, 1823 : Barastrotia Warren, 1913 : Bostrodes Hampson, 1910 : Chamyris Guenée, 1852 : Chara Staudinger, 1892 : Cingalesa Hampson, 1884 : Drasteriodes Hampson, 1926 : Drobeta Walker, 1858 : Duhemia Rungs, 1943 : Ectrogatha Hampson, 1910 : Emmelia : Heterorta Warren, 1913 : Lambana Walker, 1866 : Metacausta Hampson, 1910 : Metopoceras Guenee, 1850 : Mimoruza Hampson, 1895 : Outaya Chrétien, 1911 : Oxytrita Warren, 1913 : Parerastria Warren, 1914 : Perynea Hampson, 1910 : Pseudacidalia Hampson, 1894 : Pyraloides Rebel, 1948 : Rabila Walker, 1865 : Rhodotarache Warren, 1914 : Shiraia : Stemmaphora Staudinger, 1888 : Stenocryptis Warren, 1913 : Stenorache Hampson, 1910 : Tephrochares Zerny, 1933 : Trissernis Meyrick, 1902 : Trogoblemma Hampson, 1910
References
References
- Savela, Markku. (August 2, 2019). "''Acontiinae'' Guenée, 1841".
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