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KS085 Cerynea contentaria

KS085 Cerynea contentaria
Noctuidae, Acontiinae - Wingspan: 20mm.

A single specimen came to the trap on the 10th September. My thanks to Ryan, below, for the ID. However, I cannot find any indication that this Genus has been transferred to Erebidae, so have left it in the Noctuidae Family, which is still used in the Boldsystems and NHM databases, as well as in the Wikipedia reference. Currently, this species is not referred to in the Boldsystems database, but is listed in Wikipedia.
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 Ryan Brookes
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Cerynea contentaria (Walker, 1861)

Erebidae, Boletobiinae, Aventiini
8 years ago.
Tony James club has replied to Ryan Brookes club
Hi Ryan. Thanks again for the ID, but I cannot find the source of your reference. If it is anywhere on the web, could you please point to it?
8 years ago.
 Ryan Brookes
Ryan Brookes club
See Moths of Thailand Vol. 3, Part 2, p. 405 for the higher classification. You can download the book from ResearchGate

Note that punctilinealis which has been considered a synonym of contentaria for over a century is treated as a valid species here. If it is true that the two are not conspecific, for reasons unknown to me, then punctilinealis is probably the name to go with given its widespread distribution (see p.77).
7 years ago. Edited 7 years ago.

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