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Checklist for Tribe Acontiini Guenée, 1841
and region Ethiopia (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
368
4268
12556
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
367
4267
12554
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
351
4207
12406
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
237
3469
10524
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
58
1314
4091
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
58
1313
4089
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
58
1313
4089
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
25
914
3175
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
21
830
3009
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
7
470
1743
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyNoctuidae
Latreille, 1809
Armyworms, Cutworm Moths And Allies, Cutworms, Owlet Moths
201
794
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyAcontiinae
Guenée, 1841
Acontiines
16
104
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeAcontiini
Guenée, 1841
4
87
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Ethiopia
4 Genera with 87 Species
Acontia Ochsenheimer, 185662SpeciesTaxom
Emmelia Hübner, 200828SpeciesTaxom
Hoplotarache Hampson, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Phyllophila Guenée, 19841SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ethiopia
87 Species and 5 Subspecies
Acontia (Acontarache) somaliensis Berio, 1977
Acontia (Emmelia) amarei Hacker, Legr..., 2010
Acontia (Emmelia) antica Walker, 1862
Acontia (Emmelia) basifera Walker, 1857
Acontia (Emmelia) binominata Butler, 1892
Acontia (Emmelia) dichroa Hampson, 1914
Acontia (Emmelia) ectorrida Hampson, 1916
Acontia (Emmelia) hemixanthia Hampson, 1910
Acontia (Emmelia) homonyma Hacker, Legr..., 2010
Acontia (Emmelia) imitatrix (Wallengren, 1856)⇒ Acontia zelleri Wallengren, 1856
Acontia (Emmelia) karachiensis Swinhoe, 1889
Acontia (Emmelia) lanzai Berio, 1985
Acontia (Emmelia) natalis Guenée, 1852
Acontia (Emmelia) notha Hacker, Legr..., 2010
Acontia (Emmelia) nubila Hampson, 1910
Acontia (Emmelia) praealba Hacker, Legr..., 2010
Acontia (Emmelia) purpurata Hacker, Legr..., 2010
Acontia (Emmelia) purpureofacta Hacker, Legr..., 2010
Acontia (Emmelia) robertbecki Hacker, Legr..., 2010
Acontia (Emmelia) semialba Hampson, 1910
Acontia (Emmelia) szunyoghyi Hacker, Legr..., 2010
Acontia (Emmelia) tanzaniae Hacker, Legr..., 2010
Acontia (Emmelia) transfigurata (Wallengren, 1856)⇒ Acontia zelleri Wallengren, 1856
Acontia (Uracontia) melaphora Hampson, 1910
Acontia aarviki Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia achatina Weymer, 1896
Acontia akbar Wiltshire, 1985
Acontia albatrigona Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia amhara Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia apatelia Swinhoe, 1907
Acontia asbenensis Rothschild, 1921
Acontia aurelia Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia buchanani Rothschild, 1921
Acontia caeruleopicta Hampson, 1916
Acontia carnescens Hampson, 1910
Acontia chiaromontei Berio, 1936
Acontia chrysoproctis Hampson, 1902
Acontia discoidea Hopffer, 1857
Acontia discoidoides Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia dissecta (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Acontia secta Guenée, 1852
Acontia fulvirufa Hampson, 1910
Acontia hampsoni Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia hoppei Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia hortensis Swinhoe, 1884
Acontia insocia Walker, 1858
Acontia miogona Hampson, 1916
Acontia opalinoides Guenée, 1852
Acontia opalinoides transafricana Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia porphyrea Butler, 1898
Acontia proesei Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia quartrigona Hacker, 2022
Acontia ruficincta Hampson, 1910
Acontia secta Guenée, 1852
Acontia singularis Hacker, 2022
Acontia sublactea Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia trimaculata (Aurivillius, 1879)⇒ Acontia umbrigera Felder & Rog..., 1874
Acontia uhlenhuthi Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia umbrigera Felder & Rog..., 1874
Acontia versicolora Hacker, 2010
Acontia versicolorata Hacker, 2010
Acontia wahlbergi Wallengren, 1856
Acontia zelleri Wallengren, 1856
Emmelia amarei Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Emmelia antica Walker, 1862
Emmelia antica antica Walker, 1862
Emmelia apatelia Swinhoe, 1907
Emmelia basifera Walker, 1857
Emmelia basifera sudarabica Wiltshire, 1982
Emmelia bellula Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Emmelia binominata Butler, 1892
Emmelia callima Bethune-Baker, 1911
Emmelia dichroa Hampson, 1914
Emmelia ectorrida Hampson, 1916
Emmelia hemixanthia Hampson, 1910
Emmelia imitatrix Wallengren, 1856
Emmelia karachiensis Swinhoe, 1890
Emmelia lanzai Berio, 1985
Emmelia natalis Guenée, 1852
Emmelia natalis septentrionalis Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Emmelia notha Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Emmelia praealba Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Emmelia purpurata Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Emmelia purpureofacta Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Emmelia robertbecki Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Emmelia schreieri Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Emmelia semialba Hampson, 1910
Emmelia simplicior Hacker, 2022
Emmelia szunyoghyi Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Emmelia torrefacta Distant, 1898
Emmelia torrefacta politzari Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Hoplotarache binominata Butler, 1892
Phyllophila corgatha Berio, 1984


Links, sources and further information
Acontiini at itis.gov