Anumeta spilota (Erschoff, 1874)

FAMILY	Erebidae
SUBFAMILY	Toxocampinae
GENUS	Anumeta
SPECIES	spilota
AUTHOR	(Erschoff, 1874)
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Leucanitis spilota
TYPE LOCALITY	[Turkmenistan], Transcaspia, Kizilkum Desert.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	/
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)
STATUS	Species
PUBLICATION	Erschoff N. G. 1874. Lepidoptera. - In: A. P. Fedschenko. Puteschestvije v' Turkestan'. 2. Zoogeografischeskija Izsledovanija 4 (3). - — 11(2)(5):i-vi, 1-128, pls 1-6.
PAGINATION	56; pl. 4, fig. 58

Subspecies

NAME	AUTHOR	STATUS
harterti	Rothschild, 1913	Subspecies
mugshinensis	Wiltshire, 1990	Subspecies
azelikoula	Dumont, 1920	Synonym of subspecies

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Algeria	Hoggar and Tassili	Rothschild W. 1915a. On the Lepidoptera collected in 1913-1914 by Herr Geyr von Schweppenburg on a journey to the Hoggar Mountains (Sahara). - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 16(94):247-258; (95): 392-402.	257 (as harterti)
Bahrain		Wiltshire E. P. 1964. The Lepidoptera of Bahrain. - Journal of the Bombay natural History Society 61(1):119-141, pls 1-3.	138
Mauritania		Hacker H. H. & Hausmann A. 2010. Noctuidae collected by Karlheinz Politzar in Bogué, Mauritania (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). - Esperiana Memoir 5:97-168.	111
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. 1964. The Lepidoptera of Bahrain. - Journal of the Bombay natural History Society 61(1):119-141, pls 1-3.	138
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
Western Sahara		Rungs Ch. 1992. Premier aperçu sur la faune des lépidoptères du Sahara occidental. - Alexanor 17:335-382.	367 (as harterti)
Yemen		Hacker H. H., Aulombard F., Bischof A., Bittermann J., Fibiger M. & Schreier H.-P. 2001. Lepidoptera of Yemen Arab Republic, collected during three expeditions in 1996, 1998 and 2000. - Esperiana 8:597-632.	615 (as mugshinensis)

Notes: Oriental: India, Pakistan; Palaearctic: Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, SE European Russia, Tunisia, Turkey.

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.	543
Polygonaceae	Calligonum comosum	Tunisia	Dumont C. 1926b. Les chenilles du Calligonum comosum, L'Héritier. - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 31(19):221-224.	222
Polygonaceae	Calligonum comosum	Algeria	Dumont C. 1920b. Contribution à l'étude des lépidoptères du Sahara algérien. Description de deux espèces nouvelles de Quadrifinae. - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 25(16):275-279.	275 (as azelicoula)