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Checklist for Tribe Acontiini Guenée, 1841
and region Cape (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
630
8507
21838
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
628
8495
21797
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
600
8347
21509
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
384
6839
18665
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
77
2035
5452
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
76
2029
5435
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
73
2014
5363
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
26
1285
3443
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
21
1173
3171
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
7
580
1482
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyNoctuidae
Latreille, 1809
Armyworms, Cutworm Moths And Allies, Cutworms, Owlet Moths
247
646
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyAcontiinae
Guenée, 1841
Acontiines
11
47
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeAcontiini
Guenée, 1841
5
36
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cape
5 Genera with 36 Species
Acontia Ochsenheimer, 200823SpeciesTaxom
Cardiosace Hampson, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Emmelia Hübner, 189814SpeciesTaxom
Phyllophila Guenée, 19103SpeciesTaxom
Tarache Hübner, 18731SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape
36 Species and 6 Subspecies
Acontia (Emmelia) candefacta Hübner, 1831
Acontia (Emmelia) flavitermina Hampson, 1902
Acontia (Emmelia) transfigurata (Wallengren, 1856)⇒ Acontia zelleri Wallengren, 1856
Acontia accola Felder & Rog..., 1874
Acontia caffraria Cramer, 1777
Acontia caffraria caffraria Cramer, 1777
Acontia capensis Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia citripennis Hampson, 1910
Acontia discoidea Hopffer, 1857
Acontia dispar Walker, 1858
Acontia dorothea Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia gradata Walker, 1858
Acontia guttifera Felder & Rog..., 1874
Acontia katrina Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia komaga (Felder, 1874)⇒ Acontia caffraria Cramer, 1777
Acontia margaritata Drury, 1782
Acontia mionides Hampson, 1905
Acontia permutata Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia roseofusca Warren, 1914
Acontia semiplumbea (Hampson, 1902)⇒ Acontia antica Walker, 1862
Acontia trychaenoides Wallengren, 1856
Acontia umbrigera Felder & Rog..., 1874
Acontia wiltshirei Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Cardiosace trychaenoides Wallengren, 1856
Emmelia antica Walker, 1862
Emmelia antica antica Walker, 1862
Emmelia aurivillii Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Emmelia conifrons Aurivillius, 1879
Emmelia flavitermina Hampson, 1902
Emmelia guttifera Felder & Rog..., 1875
Emmelia guttifera guttifera Felder & Rog..., 1875
Emmelia imitatrix Wallengren, 1856
Emmelia natalis Guenée, 1852
Emmelia natalis natalis Guenée, 1852
Emmelia tanzaniae Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Emmelia tanzaniae hampsoniana Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Emmelia torrefacta Distant, 1898
Emmelia torrefacta torrefacta Distant, 1898
Phyllophila griseola Felder & Rog..., 1874
Phyllophila leucostigmata (Hampson, 1902)⇒ Phyllophila griseola Felder & Rog..., 1874
Phyllophila rufescens Hampson, 1910
Tarache terminimaculata Grote, 1873Curve-lined Acontia


Links, sources and further information
Acontiini at itis.gov