Emmelia

<i>Emmelia</i>

Emmelia

Genus of moths

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

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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]

  • Emmelia albovittata Hacker, 2013 (Africa)
  • Emmelia amarei Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (Africa)
  • Emmelia atripars Hampson, 1914 (Africa)
  • Emmelia bellula (Hacker, 2010)
  • Emmelia bethunebakeri Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (Africa)
  • Emmelia binominata (Butler, 1892)
  • Emmelia callima Bethune-Baker, 1911 (Africa)
  • Emmelia citrelinea Bethune-Baker, 1911 (Africa)
  • Emmelia dichroa Hampson, 1914 (Africa and temperate Asia)
  • Emmelia eburnea Hacker, 2010
  • Emmelia esperiana Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (Africa)
  • Emmelia fascialis (Hampson, 1894)
  • Emmelia fastrei Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (Africa)
  • Emmelia fuscoalba (Hacker, 2010)
  • Emmelia homonyma Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (Africa)
  • Emmelia karachiensis Swinhoe, 1889 (Africa and temperate Asia)
  • Emmelia lanzai (Berio, 1985) (Africa)
  • Emmelia manakhana Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (temperate Asia)
  • Emmelia mascheriniae (Berio, 1985) (Africa)
  • Emmelia mineti Hacker, 2011 (Africa)
  • Emmelia notha Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (Africa)
  • Emmelia nubila Hampson, 1910 (Africa and temperate Asia)
  • Emmelia obliqua Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (Africa)
  • Emmelia paraalba Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (Africa)
  • Emmelia philbyi (Wiltshire, 1988) (temperate Asia)
  • Emmelia praealba Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (Africa)
  • Emmelia purpurata Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (Africa)
  • Emmelia robertbecki Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (Africa)
  • Emmelia saldaitis Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
  • Emmelia schreieri Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (Africa)
  • Emmelia semialba Hampson, 1910 (Africa and temperate Asia)
  • Emmelia stassarti (Hacker, 2010)
  • Emmelia subnotha (Hacker, 2010)
  • Emmelia szunyoghyi Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (Africa)
  • Emmelia trabealis (Scopoli, 1763) (spotted sulphur) (temperate Asia and Europe)
  • Emmelia veroxanthia Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (Africa)

References

  1. [1]
    "Acontia". GBIF, Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  2. [2]
    Keegan, Kevin; Rota, Jadranka; Zahiri, Reza; Zilli, Alberto; et al. (2021). "Toward a Stable Global Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) Taxonomy". Insect Systematics and Diversity. 5 (3). doi:10.1093/isd/ixab005.


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