Anumeta asiatica Wiltshire, 1961

FAMILY	Erebidae
SUBFAMILY	Toxocampinae
GENUS	Anumeta
SPECIES	asiatica
AUTHOR	Wiltshire, 1961
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Anumeta asiatica sp. nov.
TYPE LOCALITY	Iran SW, Khuzistan, Ahwaz, ca 400 ft, 26.v.1938, leg. E. P. Wiltshire.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	/
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Holotype ♂, BMNH; Allotype ♀, BMNH; Paratypes 7♂, 7♀, BMNH, SMNS.
STATUS	Species
PUBLICATION	Wiltshire E. P. 1961b. A new genus, eight new species, seven new forms and notes on the Lepidoptera of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Iran. - Journal of the Bombay natural History Society 58(3):608-631.
PAGINATION	619-621; pl. 1, figs 8, 9, 13, 14

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Kuwait		Wiltshire E. P. 1990. An illustrated, annotated catalogue of the Macro-Heterocera of Saudi Arabia. - In: Büttiker, W. & Krupp, F. (Eds.). Fauna of Saudi Arabia. - Fauna of Saudi Arabia 11:91-250.	215
Oman		Wiltshire E. P. 1985b. New Heterocera from Oman (with a revised list of the moths known from the Musandam Peninsula). - Journal of Oman Studies 7:39-48.	45
Saudi Arabia		Wiltshire E. P. 1980a. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Limacodidae, Sesiidae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Nolidae, Arctiidae, Agaristidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae. - In: Wittmer & Büttiker (eds.), Fauna of Saudi Arabia 2. - Fauna of Saudi Arabia 2:179-240.	230
United Arab Emirates		Legrain A. & Wiltshire E. P. 1998. Provisional checklist of the Macro-Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of the UAE. - Tribulus 8(2):5-8.	8

Notes: Palaearctic: Iran, Iraq, Israel, Palestine, Middle East.

Host Plants

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Polygonaceae	Calligonum comosum	United Arab Emirates	Fibiger M. & Legrain A. 2009. Order Lepidoptera, superfamily Noctuoidea. - In: van Harten, A. (ed.) Arthropod fauna of the UAE. - — 2:480—660.	541