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Acontia nitidula (Fabricius, 1787)

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Higher taxa: Noctuidae (family)/  Acontiinae (subfamily)/  Acontiini (tribe)/  Acontia (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Fabricius, 1787)
Citation:B.[ombyx] nitidula
Original genus:Bombyx
Publication:Fabricius J. C. 1787. Mantissa Insectorum sistens species nuper detectas synonymis, observationibus, descriptionibus, emendationibus.
Journal:—
Volume:2
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Pagination:126
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12257666
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Acontia nitidula (1)
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Distribution note:

Oriental: India.

Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Acontia nitidula (Fabricius, 1787) Kenya Lehmann I. & Kioko E. 2005. Lepidoptera diversity, floristic composition and structure of three Kaya forests on the south coast of Kenya. page 159
Acontia nitidula (Fabricius, 1787) South Africa Mpumalanga Taylor J. S. 1946. Food-plants of some South African Lepidoptera. page 47
Acontia nitidula (Fabricius, 1787) South Africa KwaZulu-Natal page NHMUK
Acontia nitidula (Fabricius, 1787) Tanzania Zanzibar (Unguja) Pagenstecher A. 1893. Lepidopteren gesammelt in Ost-Afrika 1888/89 von Dr. Franz Stuhlmann. page 41 (as catena, a different species)
Acontia nitidula (Fabricius, 1787) Yemen Hacker H. H., Aulombard F., Bischof A., Bittermann J., Fibiger M. & Schreier H.-P. 2001. Lepidoptera of Yemen Arab Republic, collected during three expeditions in 1996, 1998 and 2000. page 623
Plant note:

On the foliage (see J. S. Taylor 1946: 47).

Taylor J. S. 1946. Food-plants of some South African Lepidoptera.
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Acontia nitidula (Fabricius, 1787) Gossypioides kirkii Malvaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 188
Acontia nitidula (Fabricius, 1787) Gossypium sp. Malvaceae South Africa Taylor J. S. 1946. Food-plants of some South African Lepidoptera. page 47
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination