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Checklist for Subfamily Acontiinae Guenée, 1841 (Acontiines)
and region Eritrea (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
187
1282
2411
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
185
1277
2407
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
181
1273
2402
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
124
1075
2144
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
30
363
728
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
30
363
728
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
30
363
728
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
17
306
656
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
15
303
653
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
5
197
470
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyNoctuidae
Latreille, 1809
Armyworms, Cutworm Moths And Allies, Cutworms, Owlet Moths
93
231
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyAcontiinae
Guenée, 1841
Acontiines
6
23
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Eritrea
6 Genera with 23 Species
Acontia Ochsenheimer, 185615SpeciesTaxom
Emmelia Hübner, 19105SpeciesTaxom
Ilattia Walker, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Metapioplasta Wallengren, 18563SpeciesTaxom
Phyllophila Guenée, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Protarache Hampson, 19501SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Eritrea
23 Species and 3 Subspecies
Acontia (Emmelia) antica Walker, 1862
Acontia (Emmelia) natalis Guenée, 1852
Acontia (Emmelia) semialba Hampson, 1910
Acontia (Emmelia) transfigurata (Wallengren, 1856)⇒ Acontia zelleri Wallengren, 1856
Acontia carnescens Hampson, 1910
Acontia hoppei Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia hortensis Swinhoe, 1884
Acontia insocia Walker, 1858
Acontia opalinoides Guenée, 1852
Acontia opalinoides transafricana Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia porphyrea Butler, 1898
Acontia psaliphora Hampson, 1910
Acontia viridivariegata Berio, 1939
Acontia wahlbergi Wallengren, 1856
Acontia zelleri Wallengren, 1856
Emmelia antica Walker, 1862
Emmelia antica antica Walker, 1862
Emmelia karachiensis Swinhoe, 1890
Emmelia natalis Guenée, 1852
Emmelia semialba Hampson, 1910
Ilattia axis Guenée, 1852
Metapioplasta insocia (Walker, 1857)⇒ Acontia insocia Walker, 1858
Metapioplasta transfigurata Wallengren, 1856
Metapioplasta transfigurata transfigurata Wallengren, 1856
Phyllophila richinii Berio, 1940
Protarache polygrapha Berio, 1950

Subnodes of Acontiinae with occurrences in Eritrea
TribeAcontiini
Guenée, 1841
3
19
Genera
Species

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Links, sources and further information
Acontiinae at artfakta.se
Acontiinae at dyntaxa.se
Acontiinae at itis.gov