Acontia tetragonisa (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 tetragonisa, 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:	790–791: pl. 173, fig. 29
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32642811

Acontia tetragonisa (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Acontia tetragonisa (Hampson, 1910)	Holotype	♀	NHMUK	Holotype ♀, NHMUK.	South Africa	South Africa, Gauteng, Transvaal, Johannesburg, ii.[1906, leg. A. T. Cooke.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Acontia tetragonisa (Hampson, 1910)	Eswatini		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 55
Acontia tetragonisa (Hampson, 1910)	Namibia		page H. Roland
Acontia tetragonisa (Hampson, 1910)	South Africa	Gauteng	Hampson G. F. 1910e. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). X. Noctuidae. page 790
Acontia tetragonisa (Hampson, 1910)	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 55
Acontia tetragonisa (Hampson, 1910)	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	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 55
Acontia tetragonisa (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 55

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Acontia tetragonisa (Hampson, 1910)	Hibiscus pedunculatus	Malvaceae	South Africa	Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 82

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Acontia tetragonisa (1)

Acontia tetragonisa (2)

Acontia tetragonisa (3)

Acontia tetragonisa (4)

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