Emmelia melaena (Hampson, 1899)

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Permalink:	ACONMLAE
Higher taxa:	Noctuidae (family)/  Acontiinae (subfamily)/  Acontiini (tribe)/  Emmelia (genus)/  Emmelia (subgenus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Hampson, 1899)
Citation:	Tarache melaena
Original genus:	Tarache
Publication:	Hampson G. F. 1899c. The expedition to Sokotra. VI. Descriptions of one new genus and fourteen new species of moths.
Journal:	Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums
Volume:	2
Issue:	2
Pagination:	36
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12801280

Emmelia melaena (1)

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Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Acontia by H. Hacker (2010: 367).

Hacker H. H. 2010. Revision of the genus Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1816 and the tribus Acontiini Guenée, 1841 (Old World) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Acontiinae) by Hermann H. Hacker, Albert Legrain and Michael Fibiger (Esperiana 14: 7–533). Corrigenda and Supplementa.

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Emmelia melaena (Hampson, 1899)	Syntype	♀	NHMUK	Syntypes 9♀, NHMUK.	Yemen	Yemen, Socotra, Hadibu Plain, leg. W. R. O. Grant.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Emmelia melaena (Hampson, 1899)	Yemen	Socotra	Hampson G. F. 1899c. The expedition to Sokotra. VI. Descriptions of one new genus and fourteen new species of moths. page 36

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Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

Emmelia melaena (1)

Emmelia demaculata (1)

Emmelia duplilinea (1)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Emmelia demaculata (Strand, 1917)	(Strand, 1917)	species	Misapplied	Eulocastra demaculata
Emmelia duplilinea (Strand, 1917)	(Strand, 1917)	species	Misapplied	Eulocastra duplilinea