Acontia areletta

Acontia areletta is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1907. It is found in Mexico.

Acontia areletta
Male
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Acontia
Species:
A. areletta
Binomial name
Acontia areletta
Dyar, 1907

The length of the forewings is 12โ€“14 mm for both males and females. Adults are on wing from October to November depending on the location.[1]

References

  1. Ferris, Clifford; Lafontaine, Donald (2009-12-05). "Review of the Acontia areli group with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Acontiinae)". ZooKeys (9): 27โ€“46. doi:10.3897/zookeys.9.180. ISSN 1313-2970. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.


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