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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
503
7105
22102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
501
7100
22096
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
482
7015
21853
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
302
5811
19641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
68
2170
8011
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
68
2168
8008
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
67
2164
8002
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
28
1453
6124
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
23
1331
5721
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
8
702
2735
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyNoctuidae
Latreille, 1809
Armyworms, Cutworm Moths And Allies, Cutworms, Owlet Moths
262
981
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyAcontiinae
Guenée, 1841
Acontiines
21
119
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeAcontiini
Guenée, 1841
2
94
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Kenya
2 Genera with 94 Species
Acontia Ochsenheimer, 200867SpeciesTaxom
Emmelia Hübner, 189836SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kenya
94 Species and 9 Subspecies
Acontia (Emmelia) antica Walker, 1862
Acontia (Emmelia) atripars Hampson, 1914
Acontia (Emmelia) basifera Walker, 1857
Acontia (Emmelia) binominata Butler, 1892
Acontia (Emmelia) callima Bethune-Baker, 1911
Acontia (Emmelia) dichroa Hampson, 1914
Acontia (Emmelia) ectorrida Hampson, 1916
Acontia (Emmelia) hemixanthia Hampson, 1910
Acontia (Emmelia) imitatrix (Wallengren, 1856)⇒ Acontia zelleri Wallengren, 1856
Acontia (Emmelia) mascheriniae Berio, 1985
Acontia (Emmelia) natalis Guenée, 1852
Acontia (Emmelia) notha Hacker, Legr..., 2010
Acontia (Emmelia) nubila Hampson, 1910
Acontia (Emmelia) obliqua Hacker, Legr..., 2010
Acontia (Emmelia) purpurata Hacker, Legr..., 2010
Acontia (Emmelia) purpureofacta Hacker, Legr..., 2010
Acontia (Emmelia) schreieri Hacker, Legr..., 2010
Acontia (Emmelia) semialba Hampson, 1910
Acontia (Emmelia) szunyoghyi Hacker, Legr..., 2010
Acontia (Emmelia) tanzaniae Hacker, Legr..., 2010
Acontia (Emmelia) torrefacta Distant, 1898
Acontia (Emmelia) transfigurata (Wallengren, 1856)⇒ Acontia zelleri Wallengren, 1856
Acontia (Uracontia) goateri Hacker, Legr..., 2010
Acontia (Uracontia) melaphora Hampson, 1910
Acontia aarviki Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia achatina Weymer, 1896
Acontia albatrigona Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia albizona Hampson, 1918
Acontia apatelia Swinhoe, 1907
Acontia aurelia Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia brabanti Le Cerf, 1911
Acontia caeruleopicta Hampson, 1916
Acontia caffraria Cramer, 1777
Acontia capocacciae Berio, 1987
Acontia carnescens Hampson, 1910
Acontia dileuca Hampson, 1910
Acontia discoidea Hopffer, 1857
Acontia discoidoides Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia fulvirufa Hampson, 1910
Acontia guttifera Felder & Rog..., 1874
Acontia hampsoni Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia hausmanni Hacker, 2010
Acontia hoppei Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia hortensis Swinhoe, 1884
Acontia insocia Walker, 1858
Acontia kikuyuensis Strand, 1917
Acontia leucotrigona Hampson, 1905
Acontia miogona Hampson, 1916
Acontia niphogona Hampson, 1909
Acontia niphogonia Hampson, 1909
Acontia nitidula Fabricius, 1787Brixton Beauty
Acontia olivescens Hampson, 1910
Acontia opalinoides Guenée, 1852
Acontia opalinoides transafricana Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia politzari Hacker, Legr..., 2010
Acontia porphyrea Butler, 1898
Acontia psaliphora Hampson, 1910
Acontia secta Guenée, 1852
Acontia sublactea Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia transafricana Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia trimaculata (Aurivillius, 1879)⇒ Acontia umbrigera Felder & Rog..., 1874
Acontia umbrigera Felder & Rog..., 1874
Acontia upsilon (Walker, 1865)⇒ Acontia discoidea Hopffer, 1857
Acontia versicolora Hacker, 2010
Acontia versicolorata Hacker, 2010
Acontia wahlbergi Wallengren, 1856
Acontia wiltshirei Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Emmelia antica Walker, 1862
Emmelia antica antica Walker, 1862
Emmelia antica brabanti Le Cerf, 1911
Emmelia apatelia Swinhoe, 1907
Emmelia atripars Hampson, 1914
Emmelia basialba Strand, 1917
Emmelia basifera Walker, 1857
Emmelia basifera sudarabica Wiltshire, 1982
Emmelia binominata Butler, 1892
Emmelia callima Bethune-Baker, 1911
Emmelia dichroa Hampson, 1914
Emmelia ectorrida Hampson, 1916
Emmelia guttifera Felder & Rog..., 1875
Emmelia guttifera elegans Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Emmelia hemixanthia Hampson, 1910
Emmelia imitatrix Wallengren, 1856
Emmelia mascheriniae Berio, 1985
Emmelia natalis Guenée, 1852
Emmelia natalis septentrionalis Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Emmelia nephele Hampson, 1911
Emmelia notha Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Emmelia nubila Hampson, 1910
Emmelia obliqua Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Emmelia olivescens Hampson, 1910
Emmelia orientalis Strand, 1917
Emmelia paraalba Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Emmelia purpurata Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Emmelia purpureofacta Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Emmelia schreieri Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Emmelia semialba Hampson, 1910
Emmelia szunyoghyi Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Emmelia tanzaniae Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Emmelia tanzaniae tanzaniae Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Emmelia torrefacta Distant, 1898
Emmelia torrefacta politzari Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Emmelia torrefacta torrefacta Distant, 1898


Links, sources and further information
Acontiini at itis.gov