Emmelia torrefacta torrefacta (Distant, 1898)

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Higher taxa:	Noctuidae (family)/  Acontiinae (subfamily)/  Acontiini (tribe)/  Emmelia (genus)/  Torremelia (subgenus)/  Emmelia torrefacta (species)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Distant, 1898)
Citation:	Tarache torrefacta, sp. n.
Original genus:	Tarache
Publication:	Distant W. L. 1898b. On a collection of Heterocera made in the Transvaal.
Journal:	Annals and Magazine of Natural History
Volume:	(7) 1
Issue:	3
Pagination:	223
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19365426https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19365426

Emmelia orientalis (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Emmelia torrefacta torrefacta (Distant, 1898)	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, NHMUK.	South Africa	[South Africa, Gauteng], Transvaal, Pretoria, 1911, leg. W. L. Distant.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Emmelia torrefacta torrefacta (Distant, 1898)	Kenya		Hampson G. F. 1910e. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). X. Noctuidae. page 386
Emmelia torrefacta torrefacta (Distant, 1898)	Namibia		Hacker H. H., Legrain A. & Fibiger M. 2008. Revision of the genus Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1816 and the tribus Acontiini Guenée, 1841 (Old World) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Acontiinae). page 193
Emmelia torrefacta torrefacta (Distant, 1898)	South Africa	Gauteng	Distant W. L. 1898b. On a collection of Heterocera made in the Transvaal. page 223
Emmelia torrefacta torrefacta (Distant, 1898)	South Africa	Eastern Cape	Hacker H. H. 2019b. Families Nolidae Bruand 1846, Erebidae Leach, 1815, Euteliidae Grote, 1882 and Noctuidae Latreille, (Noctuoidea). – In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. page 464
Emmelia torrefacta torrefacta (Distant, 1898)	South Africa	Limpopo	Hacker H. H., Fiebig R., Goater B., Schreier H.-P. & Stadie D. 2022. Moths of Africa. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Heterocera of Africa. Volume 3 Acontiinae (Noctuidae) (including Aediini Beck, 1960) based on traditional treatment). page 168
Emmelia torrefacta torrefacta (Distant, 1898)	Zimbabwe		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 233

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Emmelia orientalis (1)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Emmelia orientalis (Strand, 1917)	(Strand, 1917)	species	Misapplied	Phyllophila orientalis