Autophila cerealis (Staudinger, 1871)

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Permalink:	AUTOCERE
Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Toxocampinae (subfamily)/  Toxocampini (tribe)/  Autophila (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Staudinger, 1871)
Citation:	Spintherops Cerealis Ld.
Original genus:	Spintherops
Publication:	Staudinger O. & Wocke M. 1871. Catalog der Lepidopteren des Palaearktischen Faunengebiets.
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Pagination:	139
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10018388

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Autophila cerealis (Staudinger, 1871)		unknown	MfN	MfN.	Syrian Arab Republic	Syria.

Distribution note:

Palaearctic: Afghanistan, Central Asia, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Turkey, Turkmenistan.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Autophila cerealis (Staudinger, 1871)	Kuwait		Wiltshire E. P. 1952a. Lepidoptera recently taken in Arabia. page 155
Autophila cerealis (Staudinger, 1871)	Oman		Wiltshire E. P. 1977b. The scientific results of the Oman flora and fauna survey 1975. Lepidoptera: Part I Families Cossidae, Pyralidae, Geometridae, Sphingidae, Arctiidae, Lymantriidae and Noctuidae. Part II A list of further Lepidoptera-Heterocera from Oman. Part III Pyral... page 169
Autophila cerealis (Staudinger, 1871)	Saudi Arabia		Kiriakoff S. G. 1960e. Lépidoptères Hétérocères (partim) récoltés par P. Lippens en Jordanie et en Arabie Séoudite. page 7
Autophila cerealis (Staudinger, 1871)	United Arab Emirates		Legrain A. & Wiltshire E. P. 1998. Provisional checklist of the Macro-Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of the UAE. page 8
Autophila cerealis (Staudinger, 1871)	Yemen		Rebel H. 1907a. Lepidopteren aus Südarabien und von der Insel Sokotra. page 94 (as amseli)

Plant note:

Probably on the roots of different types of vegetables (see M. Fibiger & A. Legrain 2009: 547).

Fibiger M. & Legrain A. 2009. Order Lepidoptera, superfamily Noctuoidea. – In: van Harten, A. (ed.) Arthropod fauna of the UAE.

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Autophila cerealis (Staudinger, 1871)	Salvia sp.	Lamiaceae	Iraq	Wiltshire E. P. 1952a. Lepidoptera recently taken in Arabia. page 155

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Autophila amseli Draudt, 1936	Draudt, 1936	species	Synonym	Autophila amseli