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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
282
2118
4495
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
279
2111
4485
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
273
2091
4462
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
179
1681
3772
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
50
745
1952
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
50
744
1950
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
50
744
1950
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
20
517
1452
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
17
484
1391
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
7
302
930
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyNoctuidae
Latreille, 1809
Armyworms, Cutworm Moths And Allies, Cutworms, Owlet Moths
143
403
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyAcontiinae
Guenée, 1841
Acontiines
17
66
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeAcontiini
Guenée, 1841
2
40
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Yemen
2 Genera with 40 Species
Acontia Ochsenheimer, 185630SpeciesTaxom
Emmelia Hübner, 198813SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Yemen
40 Species and 3 Subspecies
Acontia (Emmelia) antica Walker, 1862
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) karachiensis Swinhoe, 1889
Acontia (Emmelia) manakhana Hacker, Legr..., 2010
Acontia (Emmelia) philbyi Wiltshire, 1988
Acontia (Emmelia) transfigurata (Wallengren, 1856)⇒ Acontia zelleri Wallengren, 1856
Acontia akbar Wiltshire, 1985
Acontia albarabica Wiltshire, 1994
Acontia asbenensis Rothschild, 1921
Acontia chiaromontei Berio, 1936
Acontia crassivalva Wiltshire, 1947
Acontia hoppei Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia hortensis Swinhoe, 1884
Acontia insocia Walker, 1858
Acontia lactea Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia melaena Hampson, 1899
Acontia minuscula Hacker, Legr..., 2010
Acontia mukalla Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia nitidula Fabricius, 1787Brixton Beauty
Acontia opalinoides Guenée, 1852
Acontia opalinoides transafricana Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia peksi Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Acontia porphyrea Butler, 1898
Acontia trimaculata (Aurivillius, 1879)⇒ Acontia umbrigera Felder & Rog..., 1874
Acontia umbrigera Felder & Rog..., 1874
Acontia yemenensis Hampson, 1918
Acontia zelleri Wallengren, 1856
Emmelia antica Walker, 1862
Emmelia antica antica Walker, 1862
Emmelia basifera Walker, 1857
Emmelia basifera sudarabica Wiltshire, 1982
Emmelia binominata Butler, 1892
Emmelia demaculata Strand, 1917
Emmelia dichroa Hampson, 1914
Emmelia duplilinea Strand, 1917
Emmelia imitatrix Wallengren, 1856
Emmelia karachiensis Swinhoe, 1890
Emmelia manakhana Hacker, Legr..., 2008
Emmelia melaena Hampson, 1899
Emmelia philbyi Wiltshire, 1988


Links, sources and further information
Acontiini at itis.gov