Acontia opalinoides is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.[1]
| Acontia opalinoides | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Acontia |
| Species: | A. opalinoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Acontia opalinoides Guenée, 1852 | |
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It is found in many African countries such as Angola, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia, Somalia, Sudan and Tanzania. It is also found in Old World tropics of Sri Lanka,[2] and India.[3]
Host plants are Abutilon and Gossypium species.[4][5]
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