Acontia hortensis Swinhoe, 1885

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Higher taxa:	Noctuidae (family)/  Acontiinae (subfamily)/  Acontiini (tribe)/  Acontia (genus)/  Acontia (subgenus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Swinhoe, 1885
Citation:	Acontia hortensis, n. sp.
Original genus:	Acontia
Publication:	Swinhoe C. 1885a. On Lepidoptera collected at Kurrachee.
Journal:	Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
Volume:	(1884)
Issue:	4
Pagination:	517; pl. 47, fig. 7
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30826883

Acontia hortensis (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Acontia hortensis Swinhoe, 1885	Holotype	♀	NHMUK	Holotype ♀, NHMUK.	Pakistan	[Pakistan], Sind, Kurrachee [Karachi], ix, leg. C. Swinhoe.

Distribution note:

Oriental: Iran, Pakistan.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Acontia hortensis Swinhoe, 1885	Eritrea		Wiltshire E. P. 1952a. Lepidoptera recently taken in Arabia. page 159
Acontia hortensis Swinhoe, 1885	Ethiopia		Berio E. 1944. Missione biologica Sagan-Omo diretta dal Prof. E. Zavattari. Lepidoptera Agaristidae e Noctuidae. page 78
Acontia hortensis Swinhoe, 1885	Kenya		Hacker H. H., Legrain A. & Fibiger M. 2008. Revision of the genus Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1816 and the tribus Acontiini Guenée, 1841 (Old World) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Acontiinae). page 56
Acontia hortensis Swinhoe, 1885	Saudi Arabia		Wiltshire E. P. 1952a. Lepidoptera recently taken in Arabia. page 159
Acontia hortensis Swinhoe, 1885	Somalia		Hampson G. F. 1916a. On moths from Somaliland. – In: Poulton E. B., On a collection of moths made in Somaliland by Mr. W. Feather. page 123
Acontia hortensis Swinhoe, 1885	Sudan		Hampson G. F. 1910e. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). X. Noctuidae. page 784
Acontia hortensis Swinhoe, 1885	Yemen	Socotra	Hampson G. F. 1910e. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). X. Noctuidae. page 784
Acontia hortensis Swinhoe, 1885	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

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Acontia hortensis (1)

Acontia hortensis (2)

Acontia hortensis (3)

Acontia hortensis (4)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Acontia audeoudi (Brandt, 1939)	(Brandt, 1939)	species	Synonym	Tarache audeoudi