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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Subfamily: | Acontiinae |
| Genus: | Emmelia Hübner, |
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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)
References
- ^ "Acontia". GBIF, Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
- ^ 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.
- Emmelia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
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