Autophila einsleri Amsel, 1935

FAMILY	Erebidae
SUBFAMILY	Toxocampinae
GENUS	Autophila
SPECIES	einsleri
AUTHOR	Amsel, 1935
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Autophila einsleri sp. oder ssp. n.
TYPE LOCALITY	[Israel], Palestine, Georgkloster near Jericho, 01.iv.1930, leg. H. G. Amsel; Jericho, 31.iii.1930, leg. H. G. Amsel; Jordan Bridge near Jericho, 04.v.1930, leg. H. G. Amsel; Ain Karim, 18 and 23.v.1930, leg. H. G. Amsel.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	/
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Syntypes, LNK.
STATUS	Species
PUBLICATION	Amsel H. G. 1935a. Neue palästinensische Lepidopteren. - Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 20(2):271-319, pls 9-18.
PAGINATION	274-275; pl. 9, fig. 1

Synonyms

NAME	AUTHOR	STATUS
cyprogena	Boursin, 1940	Synonym of species
elbursica	Boursin, 1940	Synonym of species
garmsira	Wiltshire, 1952	Synonym of species
nigromarginata	Schwingenschuss, 1939	Synonym of species
taurica	Boursin, 1940	Synonym of species

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
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... - Journal of Oman Studies Special Rep. 1:155-178.	169 (as hormuza)
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 (as hormuza)

Notes: Palaearctic: Central Asia, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria.

Host Plants

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Fabaceae	Astragalus spinosus	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.	547