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Checklist for Subfamily Acontiinae Guenée, 1841 (Acontiines)
and region Mauritania (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
132
724
1283
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
131
723
1282
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
126
710
1263
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
91
552
1025
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
27
249
438
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
27
249
438
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
27
249
438
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
15
199
363
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
13
182
329
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
6
139
264
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyNoctuidae
Latreille, 1809
Armyworms, Cutworm Moths And Allies, Cutworms, Owlet Moths
76
138
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyAcontiinae
Guenée, 1841
Acontiines
11
20
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Mauritania
11 Genera with 20 Species
Acontia Ochsenheimer, 18568SpeciesTaxom
Acrobyla Rebel, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Armada Staudinger, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Asplenia Hampson, 19092SpeciesTaxom
Dysacontia Hacker, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Emmelia Hübner, 17634SpeciesTaxom
Epharmottomena John, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Eublemmoides Bethune-Baker, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Ilattia Walker, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Metapioplasta Wallengren, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Metoponrhis Staudinger, 19321SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Mauritania
20 Species and 3 Subspecies
Acontia (Acontia) biskrensis Oberthur, 1887
Acontia (Emmelia) imitatrix (Wallengren, 1856)⇒ Acontia zelleri Wallengren, 1856
Acontia insocia Walker, 1858
Acontia nigrimacula Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia opalinoides Guenée, 1852
Acontia opalinoides westafricana Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia wahlbergi Wallengren, 1856
Acontia zelleri Wallengren, 1856
Acrobyla gloriosa Rungs, 1945
Acrobyla kneuckeri (Rebel, 1903)⇒ Metopoceras philbyi Wiltshire, 1980
Armada panaceorum Ménétriés, 1848
Asplenia melanodonta Hampson, 1896
Asplenia melanodonta ethiopica Hampson, 1909
Dysacontia flavonigra Swinhoe, 1885
Emmelia basifera Walker, 1857
Emmelia basifera sudarabica Wiltshire, 1982
Emmelia imitatrix Wallengren, 1856
Emmelia trabealis Scopoli, 1763Spotted Sulphur
Epharmottomena eremophila Rebel, 1895
Eublemmoides apicimacula Mabille, 1880Chocolate Tip Eublemma
Ilattia axis Guenée, 1852
Metapioplasta insocia (Walker, 1857)⇒ Acontia insocia Walker, 1858
Metoponrhis variegata Lucas D., 1932

Subnodes of Acontiinae with occurrences in Mauritania
TribeAcontiini
Guenée, 1841
2
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeArmadini
Wiltshire, 1961
5
6
Genera
Species

Taxom



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