Acontia discoidea Hopffer, 1857

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Permalink:	ACONDISC
Higher taxa:	Noctuidae (family)/  Acontiinae (subfamily)/  Acontiini (tribe)/  Acontia (genus)/  Procriosis (subgenus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Hopffer, 1857
Citation:	Acontia discoidea Hpfr.
Original genus:	Acontia
Publication:	Hopffer H. C. 1857. Diagnosen der von Peters aus Mossambique mitgebrachten Lepidoptera.
Journal:	Monatsberichte der Königlich Preußischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin
Volume:	1857
Issue:
Pagination:	422
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11071446

Acontia discoidea (1)

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Taxonomic note:

See also H. C. Hopffer (1862: 433; pl. 28, fig. 9).

Hopffer H. C. 1862. Lepidoptera. Schmetterlinge. – In: Peters, W. C. H., Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique auf Befehl seiner Majestät des Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 aufgeführt.

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Acontia discoidea Hopffer, 1857	Holotype	♀	MfN	Holotype ♀, genitalia slide H. Hacker 15325♀, MfN.	Mozambique	Mozambique, Querimba, leg. Peters.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Acontia discoidea Hopffer, 1857	Angola		Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). page 389
Acontia discoidea Hopffer, 1857	Botswana		Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). page 389
Acontia discoidea Hopffer, 1857	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the		Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). page 389
Acontia discoidea Hopffer, 1857	Djibouti		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 76
Acontia discoidea Hopffer, 1857	Ethiopia		Berio E. 1984. Noctuidae (Quadrifinae, en majorité). – In: Rougeot, P.-C., Missions entomologiques en Ethiopie 1976–1982. page 44
Acontia discoidea Hopffer, 1857	Kenya		Butler A. G. 1898b. On a collection of Lepidoptera made in British East Africa by Mr. C. S. Betton. page 420
Acontia discoidea Hopffer, 1857	Mozambique		Hopffer H. C. 1857. Diagnosen der von Peters aus Mossambique mitgebrachten Lepidoptera. page 422
Acontia discoidea Hopffer, 1857	Namibia		Hacker H. H., Fibiger M. & Schreier H.-P. 2007. Macrosenta purpurascens spec. nov., eine neue Notodontidae-Art aus Yemen (Lepidoptera). page 164
Acontia discoidea Hopffer, 1857	Somalia		Berio E. 1938b. Spedizione zoologica del Marchese Saverio Patrizi nel Basso Giuba e nell'Oltregiuba Giugno-Agosto 1934. Lista dei lepidotteri eteroceri con note e diagnosi di eteroceri africani. page 193
Acontia discoidea Hopffer, 1857	South Africa		Hampson G. F. 1910e. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). X. Noctuidae. page 789
Acontia discoidea Hopffer, 1857	South Africa	North-West	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 77
Acontia discoidea Hopffer, 1857	South Africa	Limpopo	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 77
Acontia discoidea Hopffer, 1857	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 77
Acontia discoidea Hopffer, 1857	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 77
Acontia discoidea Hopffer, 1857	Tanzania		Hampson G. F. 1910e. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). X. Noctuidae. page 789
Acontia discoidea Hopffer, 1857	Zambia		Hampson G. F. 1910c. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. page 412
Acontia discoidea Hopffer, 1857	Zimbabwe		Hacker H. H., Fibiger M. & Schreier H.-P. 2007. Macrosenta purpurascens spec. nov., eine neue Notodontidae-Art aus Yemen (Lepidoptera). page 163

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