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Acontiinae
Acontiinae is a subfamily of bird dropping moths in the family Noctuidae. There are more than 50 genera and 430 described species in Acontiinae, found worldwide in temperate and tropical climates.
60 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

Acontiini
tribeAcontiini

Drobeta
genusDrobeta

Chamaecleini
tribeChamaecleini

Metopoceras
genusMetopoceras

Heterorta
genusHeterorta

Trissernis
genusTrissernis

Armadini
tribeArmadini

Lambana
genusLambana

Apaustis
genusApaustis

Micrantha
genusMicrantha

Mictochroa
genusMictochroa

Alypophanes
genusAlypophanes

Parerastria
genusParerastria

Duhemia
genusDuhemia

Cirrodes
genusCirrodes

Drasteriodes
genusDrasteriodes

Trogoblemma
genusTrogoblemma

Dymba
genusDymba

Erastria clandestina
speciesErastria clandestina

Haematosticta
genusHaematosticta

Ectrogatha
genusEctrogatha

Acrobyla
genusAcrobyla

Eugatha
genusEugatha

Bryocodia
genusBryocodia

Mimoruza
genusMimoruza

Perynea
genusPerynea

Mesoruza
genusMesoruza

Microedma
genusMicroedma

Cingalesa
genusCingalesa

Ecnomia
genusEcnomia

Nanamonodes
genusNanamonodes

Shiraia
genusShiraia
Chara
genusChara
Orotermes
genusOrotermes
Chamyrsilla
genusChamyrsilla
Chamyris
genusChamyris
Mesoglia
genusMesoglia

Stemmaphora
genusStemmaphora

Metacausta
genusMetacausta
Outaya
genusOutaya

Oxytrita
genusOxytrita
Pyraloides
genusPyraloides

Rabila
genusRabila

Stenocryptis
genusStenocryptis

Stenorache
genusStenorache

Tephrochares
genusTephrochares
Barastrotia
genusBarastrotia

Pseudacidalia
genusPseudacidalia
Epistrema
genusEpistrema
Escandia
genusEscandia
Gelenipsa
genusGelenipsa
Hypangitia
genusHypangitia
Lophocerynea
genusLophocerynea
Meizoglossa
genusMeizoglossa
Melaleucantha
genusMelaleucantha
Melamera
genusMelamera
Mesembreosa
genusMesembreosa

Metaxyllia
genusMetaxyllia
Amphodia
genusAmphodia
Argyrargenta
genusArgyrargenta
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Acontiinae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 122435.