Emmelia Explained
Emmelia is a genus of bird dropping moths in the family Noctuidae, found primarily in Africa and the Palearctic.
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:
- 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)
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