Automolis meteus (Cramer, 1781)

FAMILY	Erebidae
SUBFAMILY	Arctiinae
GENUS	Automolis
SPECIES	meteus
AUTHOR	(Cramer, 1781)
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Sphinx Adscit.[us] Meteus
TYPE LOCALITY	[South Africa, Western Cape], Kaap de Goede Hoop.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	Latitude: -34°21'0" Longitude: 18°28'0"
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Type in coll. E. F. Alberti, BMNH, not located (see L. Przybyłowicz 2009: 11).
STATUS	Species
PUBLICATION	Cramer P. 1780-1782. De uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America, by een verzameld en beschreeven door den heer Pieter Cramer (etc.). - — 4(25-34):1-252, pls 289-396.
PAGINATION	109-110, 250 (index); pl. cccxlvii, fig. B

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Eswatini		Przybyłowicz Ł. 2009. Thyretini of Africa. An illustrated catalogue of the Thyretini (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Syntominae) of the Afrotropical Region. - — :1-170.	42
Lesotho		Kopij G. 2006. Lepidoptera fauna of Lesotho. - Acta zoologica cracoviensia 49B(1-2):137-180.	160
Somalia		Pagenstecher A. 1903. Wissenschaftliche Resultate der Reise des Freiherrn Carlo von Erlanger durch Süd-Schoa, die Galla- und Somaliländer in 1900 und 1901. Sphingiden und Bombyciden. - Jahrbücher des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde, Wiesbaden 56:1-28, pl. 1.	10
South Africa	Eastern Cape	Möschler H. B. 1884. Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-fauna des Kaffernlandes. - Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 33 (1883):267-310, pl. 16.	288
South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Janse A. J. T. 1945b. On the South African species of Metarctia, with the description of a new species. - Journal of the entomological Society of Southern Africa 8:91-98.	97
South Africa	Western Cape	Cramer P. 1780-1782. De uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America, by een verzameld en beschreeven door den heer Pieter Cramer (etc.). - — 4(25-34):1-252, pls 289-396.	109

Host Plants

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Thymelaeaceae	Gnidia sp.	South Africa	Fawcett J. M. 1903. Notes on the transformations of some South-African Lepidoptera. - Transactions of the zoological Society of London 17(2):165-190, pls 6-8.	178
Euphorbiaceae	Acalypha sp.	South Africa	Fawcett J. M. 1903. Notes on the transformations of some South-African Lepidoptera. - Transactions of the zoological Society of London 17(2):165-190, pls 6-8.	178
Thymelaeaceae	Lasiosiphon sp.	South Africa	Fawcett J. M. 1903. Notes on the transformations of some South-African Lepidoptera. - Transactions of the zoological Society of London 17(2):165-190, pls 6-8.	178
Ulmaceae	Trema bracteolata	South Africa	Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. - South African Journal of Natural History 3(1):65-138.	95
Undefined	Undefined Grasses	South Africa	Taylor J. S. 1949. Notes on Lepidoptera in the Eastern Cape Province (Part 1). - Journal of the entomological Society of Southern Africa 12(1):78-95, 2 pls.	79

* Poaceae in South Africa, gregarious and very active; they feed at night and hide during the day in holes (see J. S. Taylor 1949: 79).