Emmelia

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Emmelia
Noctuidae - Emmelia trabealis-001.JPG
Emmelia trabealis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Acontiinae
Genus: Emmelia
Hübner, [1821]
Synonyms
  • Agrophila Boisduval, 1840
  • Erotyla Hübner, 1822

Emmelia is a genus of bird dropping moths in the family Noctuidae, found primarily in Africa and the Palearctic.[1][2]

Taxonomy[]

Emmelia is a name available as a genus name for a group of butterflies of the subfamily Acontiinae (Noctuidae). However, its status is uncertain. The name Emmelia is also known as subgenus in the genus Acontia and it is sometimes considered a synonym of Acontia.

Species[]

These 36 species belong to the genus Emmelia:[1][2]

  • Hacker, 2013 (Africa)
  • Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (Africa)
  • Hampson, 1914 (Africa)
  • (Hacker, 2010)
  • Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (Africa)
  • (Butler, 1892)
  • Bethune-Baker, 1911 (Africa)
  • Bethune-Baker, 1911 (Africa)
  • Hampson, 1914 (Africa and temperate Asia)
  • Hacker, 2010
  • Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (Africa)
  • (Hampson, 1894)
  • Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (Africa)
  • (Hacker, 2010)
  • Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (Africa)
  • Swinhoe, 1889 (Africa and temperate Asia)
  • (Berio, 1985) (Africa)
  • Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (temperate Asia)
  • (Berio, 1985) (Africa)
  • Hacker, 2011 (Africa)
  • Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (Africa)
  • Hampson, 1910 (Africa and temperate Asia)
  • Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (Africa)
  • Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (Africa)
  • (Wiltshire, 1988) (temperate Asia)
  • Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (Africa)
  • Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (Africa)
  • Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (Africa)
  • Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
  • Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (Africa)
  • Hampson, 1910 (Africa and temperate Asia)
  • (Hacker, 2010)
  • (Hacker, 2010)
  • Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (Africa)
  • Emmelia trabealis (Scopoli, 1763) (spotted sulphur) (temperate Asia and Europe)
  • Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (Africa)

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Acontia". GBIF, Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  2. ^ a b Keegan, Kevin; Rota, Jadranka; Zahiri, Reza; Zilli, Alberto; et al. (2021). "Toward a Stable Global Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) Taxonomy". Insect Systematics and Diversity. 5. doi:10.1093/isd/ixab005.


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