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. Biology. Larvae are internal feeders that may induce galls, and pupate within the host. The only known host plant records are in Capparaceae. In Costa Rica, larvae have been reared from "Podangrogyne decipiens". "Cleome spinosa" has been reported  as host for "S. chanesalis". "Capparis frondosa" and "Capparis verrucosa" are reported for other "Schacontia" species. 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".