Acontia citripennis (Hampson, 1910)

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Higher taxa:	Noctuidae (family)/  Acontiinae (subfamily)/  Acontiini (tribe)/  Acontia (genus)/  Hoplotarache (subgenus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Hampson, 1910)
Citation:	Tarache citripennis, n. sp.
Original genus:	Tarache
Publication:	Hampson G. F. 1910e. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). X. Noctuidae.
Journal:	—
Volume:	10
Issue:
Pagination:	778; pl. 173, fig. 17
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32642799

Acontia citripennis (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Acontia citripennis (Hampson, 1910)	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, NHMUK.	South Africa	South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Natal, Estcourt, 1897, leg. J. M. Hutchinson.

Distribution note:

The record of Somalia (Berio 1938b: 195) is probably erroneous; the record of Tanzania (Berio 1956d: 84) refers to Eustrotia citripennis Hampson, 1910 (see H. Hacker et al. 2022: 58).

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).

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Acontia citripennis (Hampson, 1910)	Lesotho		Hampson G. F. 1910e. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). X. Noctuidae. page 778
Acontia citripennis (Hampson, 1910)	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Hampson G. F. 1910e. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). X. Noctuidae. page 778
Acontia citripennis (Hampson, 1910)	South Africa	Eastern Cape	Hacker H. H. 2019b. Families Nolidae Bruand 1846, Erebidae Leach, 1815, Euteliidae Grote, 1882 and Noctuidae Latreille, (Noctuoidea). – In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. page 464
Acontia citripennis (Hampson, 1910)	South Africa	Mpumalanga	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 58
Acontia citripennis (Hampson, 1910)	Zimbabwe		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 162

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Acontia citripennis (1)

Acontia citripennis (2)

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