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Checklist for Tribe Acontiini Guenée, 1841
and region Saudi Arabia (Near East)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
278
2042
4455
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
277
2041
4453
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
271
2029
4437
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
188
1652
3788
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
49
705
1629
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
49
705
1629
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
49
705
1629
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
20
473
1185
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
17
422
1081
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
6
265
728
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyNoctuidae
Latreille, 1809
Armyworms, Cutworm Moths And Allies, Cutworms, Owlet Moths
143
410
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyAcontiinae
Guenée, 1841
Acontiines
14
57
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeAcontiini
Guenée, 1841
3
35
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Saudi Arabia
3 Genera with 35 Species
Acontia Ochsenheimer, 185628SpeciesTaxom
Emmelia Hübner, 17638SpeciesTaxom
Phyllophila Guenée, 18951SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Saudi Arabia
35 Species and 2 Subspecies
Acontia (Acontia) biskrensis Oberthur, 1887
Acontia (Acontia) lucida Hufnagel, 1766Pale Shoulder
Acontia (Emmelia) basifera Walker, 1857
Acontia (Emmelia) binominata Butler, 1892
Acontia (Emmelia) dichroa Hampson, 1914
Acontia (Emmelia) imitatrix (Wallengren, 1856)⇒ Acontia zelleri Wallengren, 1856
Acontia (Emmelia) nubila Hampson, 1910
Acontia (Emmelia) philbyi Wiltshire, 1988
Acontia (Emmelia) semialba Hampson, 1910
Acontia (Emmelia) trabealis (Scopoli, 1763)⇒ Emmelia trabealis Scopoli, 1763
Acontia (Emmelia) transfigurata (Wallengren, 1856)⇒ Acontia zelleri Wallengren, 1856
Acontia albarabica Wiltshire, 1994
Acontia asbenensis Rothschild, 1921
Acontia caeruleopicta Hampson, 1916
Acontia crassivalva Wiltshire, 1947
Acontia hortensis Swinhoe, 1884
Acontia insocia Walker, 1858
Acontia lactea Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia leucotrigona Hampson, 1905
Acontia notabilis Walker, 1857
Acontia opalinoides Guenée, 1852
Acontia opalinoides transafricana Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia porphyrea Butler, 1898
Acontia sudarabica Wiltshire, 1982
Acontia trimaculata (Aurivillius, 1879)⇒ Acontia umbrigera Felder & Rog..., 1874
Acontia umbrigera Felder & Rog..., 1874
Acontia yemenensis Hampson, 1918
Acontia zelleri Wallengren, 1856
Emmelia basifera Walker, 1857
Emmelia basifera sudarabica Wiltshire, 1982
Emmelia binominata Butler, 1892
Emmelia dichroa Hampson, 1914
Emmelia imitatrix Wallengren, 1856
Emmelia karachiensis Swinhoe, 1890
Emmelia philbyi Wiltshire, 1988
Emmelia trabealis Scopoli, 1763Spotted Sulphur
Phyllophila melacheila Staudinger, 1895


Links, sources and further information
Acontiini at itis.gov