Anumeta spilota (Erschoff, 1874)

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FAMILY Erebidae
SUBFAMILY Toxocampinae
GENUS Anumeta
SPECIES spilota
AUTHOR(Erschoff, 1874)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONLeucanitis 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 PUBLICATIONPAGE
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)