Emmelia

Emmelia is a genus of bird dropping moths in the family Noctuidae, found primarily in Africa and the Palearctic.

Taxonomy
Emmelia is a name available as a genus name for a group of butterflies of the subfamily Acontiinae (Noctuidae). However, its status is uncertain. The name Emmelia is also known as subgenus in the genus Acontia and it is sometimes considered a synonym of Acontia.

Species
These 36 species belong to the genus Emmelia:


 * Emmelia albovittata Hacker, 2013 (Africa)
 * Emmelia amarei Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (Africa)
 * Emmelia atripars Hampson, 1914 (Africa)
 * Emmelia bellula (Hacker, 2010)
 * Emmelia bethunebakeri Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (Africa)
 * Emmelia binominata (Butler, 1892)
 * Emmelia callima Bethune-Baker, 1911 (Africa)
 * Emmelia citrelinea Bethune-Baker, 1911 (Africa)
 * Emmelia dichroa Hampson, 1914 (Africa and temperate Asia)
 * Emmelia eburnea Hacker, 2010
 * Emmelia esperiana Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (Africa)
 * Emmelia fascialis (Hampson, 1894)
 * Emmelia fastrei Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (Africa)
 * Emmelia fuscoalba (Hacker, 2010)
 * Emmelia homonyma Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (Africa)
 * Emmelia karachiensis Swinhoe, 1889 (Africa and temperate Asia)
 * Emmelia lanzai (Berio, 1985) (Africa)
 * Emmelia manakhana Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (temperate Asia)
 * Emmelia mascheriniae (Berio, 1985) (Africa)
 * Emmelia mineti Hacker, 2011 (Africa)
 * Emmelia notha Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (Africa)
 * Emmelia nubila Hampson, 1910 (Africa and temperate Asia)
 * Emmelia obliqua Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (Africa)
 * Emmelia paraalba Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (Africa)
 * Emmelia philbyi (Wiltshire, 1988) (temperate Asia)
 * Emmelia praealba Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (Africa)
 * Emmelia purpurata Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (Africa)
 * Emmelia robertbecki Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (Africa)
 * Emmelia saldaitis Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
 * Emmelia schreieri Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (Africa)
 * Emmelia semialba Hampson, 1910 (Africa and temperate Asia)
 * Emmelia stassarti (Hacker, 2010)
 * Emmelia subnotha (Hacker, 2010)
 * Emmelia szunyoghyi Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (Africa)
 * Emmelia trabealis (Scopoli, 1763) (spotted sulphur) (temperate Asia and Europe)
 * Emmelia veroxanthia Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 (Africa)