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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
521
7875
25069
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
517
7870
25062
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
498
7773
24792
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
322
6415
21860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
67
2085
8072
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
67
2082
8068
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
65
2074
8045
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
27
1450
6414
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
22
1328
6123
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
7
700
2596
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyNoctuidae
Latreille, 1809
Armyworms, Cutworm Moths And Allies, Cutworms, Owlet Moths
252
878
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyAcontiinae
Guenée, 1841
Acontiines
14
106
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeAcontiini
Guenée, 1841
2
89
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Tanzania
2 Genera with 89 Species
Acontia Ochsenheimer, 185663SpeciesTaxom
Emmelia Hübner, 200834SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tanzania
89 Species and 8 Subspecies
Acontia (Emmelia) antica Walker, 1862
Acontia (Emmelia) atripars Hampson, 1914
Acontia (Emmelia) basifera Walker, 1857
Acontia (Emmelia) bellula Hacker, Legr..., 2010
Acontia (Emmelia) binominata Butler, 1892
Acontia (Emmelia) callima Bethune-Baker, 1911
Acontia (Emmelia) conifrons Aurivillius, 1879
Acontia (Emmelia) dichroa Hampson, 1914
Acontia (Emmelia) ectorrida Hampson, 1916
Acontia (Emmelia) fuscoalba Hacker, Legr..., 2010
Acontia (Emmelia) hemixanthia Hampson, 1910
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) nephele Hampson, 1911
Acontia (Emmelia) notha Hacker, Legr..., 2010
Acontia (Emmelia) nubila Hampson, 1910
Acontia (Emmelia) obliqua Hacker, Legr..., 2010
Acontia (Emmelia) paraalba Hacker, Legr..., 2010
Acontia (Emmelia) praealba Hacker, Legr..., 2010
Acontia (Emmelia) purpurata Hacker, Legr..., 2010
Acontia (Emmelia) schreieri Hacker, Legr..., 2010
Acontia (Emmelia) subnotha Hacker, Legr..., 2010
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 aurelia Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia caeruleopicta Hampson, 1916
Acontia caffraria Cramer, 1777
Acontia caffraria knudlarseni Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia carnescens Hampson, 1910
Acontia dileuca Hampson, 1910
Acontia discoidea Hopffer, 1857
Acontia discoidoides Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia elegans (Stephens, 1829)⇒ Acontia nitidula Fabricius, 1787
Acontia florentissima Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia fulvirufa Hampson, 1910
Acontia guttifera Felder & Rog..., 1874
Acontia hampsoni Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia hausmanni Hacker, 2010
Acontia insocia Walker, 1858
Acontia knudlarseni Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia metaxantha Hampson, 1910
Acontia miogona Hampson, 1916
Acontia niphogona Hampson, 1909
Acontia niphogonia Hampson, 1909
Acontia nitidula Fabricius, 1787Brixton Beauty
Acontia opalinoides Guenée, 1852
Acontia opalinoides transafricana Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia porphyrea Butler, 1898
Acontia secta Guenée, 1852
Acontia septentrionalis Hacker, Legr..., 2010
Acontia simo Wallengren, 1860
Acontia sublactea Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia trimaculata (Aurivillius, 1879)⇒ Acontia umbrigera Felder & Rog..., 1874
Acontia umbrigera Felder & Rog..., 1874
Acontia wahlbergi Wallengren, 1856
Acontia wiltshirei Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia zelleri Wallengren, 1856
Emmelia antica Walker, 1862
Emmelia antica antica Walker, 1862
Emmelia atripars Hampson, 1914
Emmelia basifera Walker, 1857
Emmelia basifera sudarabica Wiltshire, 1982
Emmelia bellula Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Emmelia binominata Butler, 1892
Emmelia callima Bethune-Baker, 1911
Emmelia conifrons Aurivillius, 1879
Emmelia dichroa Hampson, 1914
Emmelia ectorrida Hampson, 1916
Emmelia fuscoalba Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Emmelia guttifera Felder & Rog..., 1875
Emmelia guttifera elegans Hacker, Legr..., 2008
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 nephele Hampson, 1911
Emmelia notha Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Emmelia obliqua Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Emmelia paraalba Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Emmelia praealba Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Emmelia purpurata Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Emmelia purpureofacta Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Emmelia schreieri Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Emmelia subnotha Hacker, Legr..., 2008
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


Links, sources and further information
Acontiini at itis.gov