Acontia 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).
Palpi long, porrect and met by a short sharp frontal tuft. Third joint prominent. Antennae simple. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled and tuftless. Fore wings with non-creulate cilia. Veins 7,8 and 9,10 stalked. Larva possess four abdominal prolegs.
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 MothAcontia 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 fiebrigi Zerny, 1916 Acontia flavonigra Swinhoe, 1884 Acontia gagites Warren, 1913 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 interposita Dyar, 1912 Acontia isolata Todd, 1960 Acontia jaliscana Schaus, 1898 Acontia leucotrigona Hampson, 1905 Acontia lucida Hufnagel, 1766 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 miegii Mabille, 1882 Acontia miogona Hampson, 1916 Acontia mizteca Schaus, 1898 Acontia morides Schaus, 1894 Acontia nephata Bethune-Baker, 1911 Acontia neurota Lower, 1903 Acontia niphogona Hampson, 1909 Acontia nitidula Fabricius, 1787 Acontia nivipicta Butler, 1886 Acontia notabilis Walker, 1857 Acontia nubifera (Hampson, 1910) Acontia nubilata Hampson, 1902 Acontia ochrochroa Druce, 1909 Acontia olivacea Hampson, 1891 Acontia opalinoides Guenée, 1852 Acontia parana Jones, 1921 Acontia partita Walker, 1870 Acontia pauliani Viette, 1965 Acontia phaenna Druce, 1889 Acontia phrygionis Hampson, 1910 Acontia polychroma Walker, 1869 Acontia porphyrea Butler, 1898 Acontia psaliphora Hampson, 1910 Acontia quadrata Walker, 1866 Acontia rachiastis Hampson, 1908 Acontia rufescens Hampson, 1910 Acontia ruffinellii Biezanko, 1959 Acontia ruficinta Hampson, 1910 Acontia rufitincta Hampson, 1910 Acontia secta Guenée, 1852 Acontia seminigra Rebel, 1947 Acontia sexpunctata Fabricius, 1794 Acontia spangbergi Aurivillius, 1879 Acontia sphaerophora Hampson, 1914 Acontia stumpffi Saalmüller, 1891 Acontia subarabica Wiltshire, 1982 Acontia sublimbata Berio, 1984 Acontia tetragonisa Hampson, 1910 Acontia thapsina Turner, 1902 Acontia tinctilis Wallengren, 1875 Acontia titania Esper, 1798 Acontia trimacula Saalmüller, 1891 Acontia umbrigera Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874 Acontia urania Frivaldszky, 1836 Acontia vaualbum Hampson, 1914 Acontia venita Schaus, 1904 Acontia viridifera (Hampson, 1910) Acontia vittamargo Dyar, 1912 Acontia wahlbergi Wallengren, 1856 Acontia wallengreni Aurivillius, 1879 Acontia yemenensis Hampson, 1918 Acontia zelleri Wallengren, 1856 The following species were recently transferred to the Tarache genus:
Acontia abdominalis Grote, 1877 Acontia acerba (H. Edwards, 1881) (syn: Acontia acerboides Poole, 1989 )Acontia albifusa Ferris & Lafontaine, 2009 Acontia apela Druce, 1889 Acontia aprica Hübner, [1808] Acontia areli Strecker, 1898 Acontia areloides Barnes & McDunnough, 1912 Acontia arida Smith, 1900 Acontia assimilis Grote, 1875 Acontia expolita Grote, 1882 Acontia bella Barnes & Benjamin, 1922 Acontia bilimeki (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) (syn: Acontia disconnecta Smith, 1903 )Acontia cora Barnes & McDunnough, 1918 Acontia dacia Druce, 1889 Acontia delecta Walker, [1858] Acontia flavipennis Grote, 1873 Acontia geminocula Ferris & Lafontaine, 2009 Acontia knowltoni McDunnough, 1940 Acontia lactipennis Harvey, 1875 Acontia lagunae (Mustelin & Leuschner, 2000) Acontia lanceolata Grote, 1879 Acontia lucasi Smith, 1900 Acontia major Smith, 1900 Acontia quadriplaga Smith, 1900 Acontia sedata H. Edwards, 1881 Acontia sutor Hampson, 1910 Acontia tenuicula Morrison, 1875 Acontia terminimaculata Grote, 1873 Acontia tetragona Walker, [1858] Acontia toddi Ferris & Lafontaine, 2009 Acontia discalis Walker, 1865 
