Emmelia

Genus of moths

Emmelia

Emmelia trabealis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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]

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

^ ^a ^b "Acontia". GBIF, Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
^ ^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 (3). doi:10.1093/isd/ixab005.