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 (see below). Description 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-crenulate cilia. Veins 7, 8 and 9, 10 stalked. Larva possess four abdominal prolegs. Species Acontia albida (Hampson, 1910) Acontia albinigra Warren, 1913 Acontia antecedens Walker, 1869 Acontia antica Walker, 1862 Acontia apatelia Swinhoe, 1907 Acontia ardoris Hübner, [1827-1831] Acontia areletta Dyar, 1907 Acontia asbenensis Rothschild, 1921 Acontia basifera Walker, [1858] Acontia behrii Smith, 1900 Acontia bicolora Leech, 1889 Acontia bilimeki Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874 Acontia biskrensis Oberthür, 1887 Acontia brabanti Le Cerf, 1911 Acontia briola Holland, 1894 Acontia buchanani Rothschild, 1921 Acontia caffraria Cramer, [1777] Acontia carnescens Hampson, 1910 Acontia catenula Walker, 1865 Acontia chea Druce, 1898 (syn: Acontia eudryada Smith, 1905) Acontia chia Holland, 1894 Acontia chrysoproctis Hampson, 1902 Acontia citripennis Hampson, 1910 Acontia clerana Lower, 1902 Acontia coquillettii Smith, 1900 Acontia costistigma Walker, [1858] Acontia costosa Mabille, 1899 Acontia crassivalva Wiltshire, 1947 Acontia cratina Druce, 1889 Acontia cretata Grote & Robinson, 1870 – chalky bird-dropping moth Acontia crocata Guenée, 1852 Acontia cuprina Walker, [1863] Acontia cyanipha Lower, 1897 Acontia cyanocraspi Hampson, 1910 Acontia damia Druce, 1889 Acontia decisa Walker, [1858] Acontia delphinensis Viette, 1968 Acontia destricta Draudt, 1936 Acontia detrita Butler, 1886 Acontia dichroa Hampson, 1914 Acontia discoidea Hopffer, 1858 Acontia disrupta Warren, 1913 Acontia elaeoa Hampson, 1910 Acontia euschema Turner, 1920 Acontia feae (Berio, 1937) Acontia fiebrigi Zerny, 1916 Acontia flavonigra Swinhoe, 1884 Acontia gagites Warren, 1913 Acontia gloriosa (Kenrick, 1917) Acontia gradata Walker, [1858] Acontia gratiosa Wallengren, 1856 Acontia guttifera Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874 Acontia hemiglauca Hampson, 1910 Acontia hemipentha Wiltshire, 1947 Acontia hemixanthia Hampson, 1910 Acontia hortensis Swinhoe, 1884 Acontia imitatrix Wallengren, 1856 Acontia interposita Dyar, 1912 Acontia isolata Todd, 1960 Acontia jaliscana Schaus, 1898 Acontia leucotrigona Hampson, 1905 Acontia lucida Hufnagel, 1766 Acontia luteola Saalmüller, 1891 Acontia malagasy Viette, 1965 Acontia malgassica Mabille, 1881 Acontia margaritana Drury, 1782 Acontia marmoralis Fabricius, 1794 Acontia mekki Rungs, 1953 Acontia mesoleucoides Poole, 1989 Acontia micrasti Lower, 1903 Acontia micropis Druce, 1909 Acontia microptera Mabille, 1879 Acontia