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Tmetolophota acontistis
Tmetolophota acontistis male.jpg
Male
Tmetolophota acontistis female.jpg
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Tmetolophota
Species:
T. acontistis
Binomial name
Tmetolophota acontistis
(Meyrick, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Leucania acontistis Meyrick, 1887
  • Graphania acontistis (Meyrick, 1887)
  • Ichneutica acontistis (Meyrick, 1887)

Tmetolophota acontistis is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1887 from a specimen collected at Castle Hill. It is endemic to New Zealand. In 2019 Robert J. B. Hoare published a paper in which he undertook a major review of New Zealand noctuids. Hoare, having inspected the holotype specimen of this species, placed it within the genus Ichneutica.

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