Acontiinae is a subfamily of bird dropping moths in the family Noctuidae. There are more than 50 genera and 430 described species in Acontiinae, found worldwide in temperate and tropical climates.
Genera
These 52 genera belong to the subfamily Acontiinae:
Tribe Acontiini <small>Guenée, 1841</small>
Acontia <small>Ochsenheimer, 1816</small>
Eusceptis <small>Hübner, 1823</small>
Phyllophila <small>Guenée, 1852</small>
Ponometia <small>Herrich-Schäffer, 1868</small>
Pseudalypia <small>H.Edwards, 1874</small>
Spragueia <small>Grote, 1875</small>
Tarache <small>Hübner, 1823</small>
Tribe Armadini
Armada <small>Staudinger, 1884</small>
Asplenia <small>Hampson, 1916</small>
Tribe Chamaecleini
Aleptinoides <small>Barnes & McDunnough, 1912</small>
Austrazenia <small>Warren, 1913</small>
Chalcoecia <small>Hampson, 1908</small>
Chamaeclea <small>Grote, 1883</small>
Heminocloa <small>Barnes & Benjamin, 1924</small>
Hemioslaria <small>Barnes & Benjamin, 1924</small>
Megalodes <small>Guenee, 1852</small>
Thurberiphaga <small>Dyar, 1920</small>
Trogotorna <small>Hampson, 1910</small>
Not placed in a tribe
Acrobyla <small>Rebel, 1903</small>
Alypophanes <small>Turner, 1908</small>
Apaustis <small>Hübner, 1823</small>
Barastrotia <small>Warren, 1913</small>
Bostrodes <small>Hampson, 1910</small>
Chamyris <small>Guenée, 1852</small>
Chara <small>Staudinger, 1892</small>
Cingalesa <small>Hampson, 1884</small>
Drasteriodes <small>Hampson, 1926</small>
Drobeta <small>Walker, 1858</small>
Duhemia <small>Rungs, 1943</small>
Ectrogatha <small>Hampson, 1910</small>
Emmelia
Heterorta <small>Warren, 1913</small>
Lambana <small>Walker, 1866</small>
Metacausta <small>Hampson, 1910</small>
Metopoceras <small>Guenee, 1850</small>
Mimoruza <small>Hampson, 1895</small>
Outaya <small>Chrétien, 1911</small>
Oxytrita <small>Warren, 1913</small>
Parerastria <small>Warren, 1914</small>
Perynea <small>Hampson, 1910</small>
Pseudacidalia <small>Hampson, 1894</small>
Pyraloides <small>Rebel, 1948</small>
Rabila <small>Walker, 1865</small>
Rhodotarache <small>Warren, 1914</small>
Shiraia
Stemmaphora <small>Staudinger, 1888</small>
Stenocryptis <small>Warren, 1913</small>
Stenorache <small>Hampson, 1910</small>
Tephrochares <small>Zerny, 1933</small>
Trissernis <small>Meyrick, 1902</small>
Trogoblemma <small>Hampson, 1910</small>
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