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Schacontia
	Adults of Schacontia: 1=S. medalba, 2=S. chanesalis, 3=S. umbra, 4=S. speciosa, 5=S. ysticalis, 6=S. themis, 7=S. rasa, 8=S. nyx, 9=S. clotho, 10 & 11=S. lachesis, 12=S. atropos
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Subfamily:	Glaphyriinae
Genus:	Schacontia; Dyar, 1914

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.^[2]

References

^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
^ Goldstein, Paul Z.; Metz, Mark A.; Solis, M. Alma (2013). "Phylogenetic systematics of Schacontia Dyar with descriptions of eight new species (Lepidoptera, Crambidae)". ZooKeys (291): 27–81. doi:10.3897/zookeys.291.3744. PMC 3677288. PMID 23794861.

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

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[1] Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved January 5, 2018.

[2] Goldstein, Paul Z.; Metz, Mark A.; Solis, M. Alma (2013). "Phylogenetic systematics of Schacontia Dyar with descriptions of eight new species (Lepidoptera, Crambidae)". ZooKeys (291): 27–81. doi:10.3897/zookeys.291.3744. PMC 3677288. PMID 23794861.

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