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) References Emmelia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database Acontiinae