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Acontia margaritata (Drury, 1782)

Permalink:	ACONMARG
Higher taxa:	Noctuidae (family)/ Acontiinae (subfamily)/ Acontiini (tribe)/ Acontia (genus)/ Hoplotarache (subgenus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Drury, 1782)
Citation:	Ph.[alaena] Noct.[ua] Margaritata
Original genus:	Noctua
Publication:	Drury D. 1782. Illustrations of Natural History, wherein are exhibited upwards of two hundred and forty figures of Exotic Insects, according to their different genera, very few of which have hitherto been figured by any author, being engraved and coloured from (etc.)
Journal:	—
Volume:	3
Issue:
Pagination:	28–29, index; pl. 21, fig. 6
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40638340

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Acontia margaritata (1)

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Acontia margaritata (Drury, 1782)		unknown		Not stated.	South Africa	South Africa, New York [ex errore].

Distribution note:

A. S. Buckle (1908: 10) also mentioned Tarache tropica [= Phalaena marmorata Fabricius, 1794], misidentification of an Oriental species.

Buckle A. S. 1908. Notes on a collection of Lepidoptera from Aden and from the Transvaal.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Acontia margaritata (Drury, 1782)	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 54
Acontia margaritata (Drury, 1782)	South Africa	Gauteng	Buckle A. S. 1908. Notes on a collection of Lepidoptera from Aden and from the Transvaal. page 10
Acontia margaritata (Drury, 1782)	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Wallengren H. D. J. 1856. Anteckningar I Zoologien. I. Kafferlandets Macrolepidoptera-fauna. page 58 (as bohemani)
Acontia margaritata (Drury, 1782)	South Africa	Eastern Cape	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 54
Acontia margaritata (Drury, 1782)	South Africa	Western Cape	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 54

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Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Acontia bohemani Wallengren, 1856	Wallengren, 1856	species	Synonym	Acontia bohemani
Acontia includens Walker, 1858	Walker, 1858	species	Synonym	Acontia includens
Acontia monilifera Walker, 1858	Walker, 1858	species	Synonym	Acontia monilifera
Acontia unio Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874	Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874	species	Synonym	Acontia unio