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Acontia metaxantha (Hampson, 1910)

Permalink:	ACONMETA
Higher taxa:	Noctuidae (family)/ Acontiinae (subfamily)/ Acontiini (tribe)/ Acontia (genus)/ Hypercalymnia (subgenus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Hampson, 1910)
Citation:	Hypercalymnia metaxantha, n. sp.
Original genus:	Hypercalymnia
Publication:	Hampson G. F. 1910d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). IX. Noctuidae.
Journal:	—
Volume:	9
Issue:
Pagination:	185–186, fig. 69
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16271121

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Acontia metaxantha (1)

Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Acontia by H. Hacker (2010: 361).

Hacker H. H. 2010. Revision of the genus Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1816 and the tribus Acontiini Guenée, 1841 (Old World) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Acontiinae) by Hermann H. Hacker, Albert Legrain and Michael Fibiger (Esperiana 14: 7–533). Corrigenda and Supplementa.

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Acontia metaxantha (Hampson, 1910)	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide 3843♂, NHMUK.	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	[Democratic Republic of Congo], Congo, SE Katanga District, 4000 ft, 25.xi.1907, leg. S. A. Neave.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Acontia metaxantha (Hampson, 1910)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Katanga	Hampson G. F. 1910d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). IX. Noctuidae. page 186
Acontia metaxantha (Hampson, 1910)	Rwanda		page RMCA
Acontia metaxantha (Hampson, 1910)	Tanzania		Hacker H. H., Fiebig R., Goater B., Schreier H.-P. & Stadie D. 2022. Moths of Africa. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Heterocera of Africa. Volume 3 Acontiinae (Noctuidae) (including Aediini Beck, 1960) based on traditional treatment). page 106

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