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Acontia areletta

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Acontia areletta
Male
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Acontia
Species:
A. areletta
Binomial name
Acontia areletta
Dyar, 1907

Acontia areletta is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1907. It is found in Mexico.

The length of the forewings is 12–14 mm for both males and females. Adults are on wing from October to November depending on the location.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Ferris, Clifford; Lafontaine, Donald (2009-12-05). "Review of the Acontia areli group with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Acontiinae)". ZooKeys (9): 27–46. Bibcode:2009ZooK....9...27F. doi:10.3897/zookeys.9.180. ISSN 1313-2970. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
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