Acontia marmoralis

Acontia marmoralis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Acontia
Species:
A. marmoralis
Binomial name
Acontia marmoralis
(Fabricius, 1794)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena marmoralis Fabricius, 1794
  • Acontia tropica Guenée, 1852
  • Acontia bipunctata Walker, 1858
  • Acontia maculosa Walker, 1858
  • Tarache hemiglauca Hampson, 1910

Acontia marmoralis[1][2] or Emmelia marmoralis[3] is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794.[1][2][3] It is found in South and East Asia,[1] including Sri Lanka,[4] India,[5] Japan,[6] and Taiwan.[7]

Host plants are Sida rhombifolia, Sida alnifolia, and cotton.[2][5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Acontia marmoralis (Fabricius, 1794)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 16 May 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian; Beccaloni, George W. & Hernández, Luis M. (2023). "HOSTS – a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". Natural History Museum (London). Retrieved 16 May 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Emmelia marmoralis (Fabricius, 1794)". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 16 May 2026.
  4. ↑ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Acontia marmoralis (Fabricius)". Insects in Indian Agroecosystems. ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "ウスキマダラコヤガ Acontia marmoralis (Fabricius, 1794)". Digital Moths of Japan. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "Acontia marmoralis Fabricius, 1794". Catalogue of Life in Taiwan (TaiCOL). Taipei, Taiwan: Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility. 2026. Retrieved 16 May 2026.