Acontia terminimaculata

Description

Acontia terminimaculata is a species of butterfly. It was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1873. Acontia terminimaculata belongs to the genus Acontia, and family Noctuidae. There is no listed species like this. Acontia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was named by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816. Eusceptis, Pseudalypia and Spragueia are sometimes included in the present genus, but here they are tentatively treated as different pending further research. Many species of Tarache were also once placed here. Palpi long, porrect (extending forward) and met by a short sharp frontal tuft. Third joint prominent. Antennae simple. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled and tuftless. Forewings with non-creulate cilia. Veins 7, 8 and 9, 10 stalked. Larva possess four abdominal prolegs.