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

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyNoctuidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
2
Family
Noctuidae
Collections
BYU
Recorded in
Hungary

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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.

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