Acontia (Emmelia) tanzaniae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Noctuidae
Subfamilia: Acontiinae
Tribus: Acontiini
Genus: Acontia
Subgenus: Acontia (Emmelia)
Species: Acontia (Emmelia) tanzaniae
Subspecies: A. (E.) t. hampsoniana – A. (E.) t. tanzaniae

Name

Acontia (Emmelia) tanzaniae Hampson, 1910

Type locality: [Kenya] Br. E. Africa, Eb Urru.

Lectotype: BMNH. male. 23.III.1900. leg. C.S. Betton. designated here as lectotype.

Synonyms

• Metapioplasta olivescens Hampson, 1910, praeocc. by olivescens Hampson, 1910, Cat. Lep. Phal. Br. Mus. 10: 708, pl. 170, fig. 20.

References

• Hampson, 1910, Cat. Lep. Phal. Br. Mus. 10: 719, pl. 171, fig. 3.
• Hacker, H.H., A. Legrain & M. Fibiger, 2008, Revision of the genus Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1816 and the tribus Acontiini Guenée, 1841 (Old World) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Acontiinae) Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Band 14: 7–533.