• Source: Schacontia

    • Schacontia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914.


    Distribution


    Schacontia species are distributed across Mexico, south to Central America (Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama) and South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela) and the Caribbean (Puerto Rico, Cuba, Hispaniola). A single North American record of Schacontia themis is reported from Sanibel Island, Florida.


    Species


    Schacontia atropos Solis & Goldstein, 2013
    Schacontia chanesalis (Druce, 1899)
    Schacontia clotho Solis & Goldstein, 2013
    Schacontia lachesis Solis & Goldstein, 2013
    Schacontia medalba (Schaus, 1904)
    Schacontia nyx Solis & Goldstein, 2013
    Schacontia rasa Solis & Goldstein, 2013
    Schacontia speciosa Solis & Goldstein, 2013
    Schacontia themis Solis & Goldstein, 2013
    Schacontia umbra Solis & Goldstein, 2013
    Schacontia ysticalis (Dyar, 1925)


    Etymology


    Schacontia seems to be Dyar's contraction of Schaus and Acontia, the noctuid genus in which William Schaus mistakenly attributed Schacontia medalba and subsequently designated by Dyar as the type species of Schacontia.


    References



    Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Crambidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.

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