Aucha polyphaenoides (Wiltshire, 1961)
| FAMILY | Noctuidae |
| SUBFAMILY | Noctuinae |
| GENUS | Aucha |
| SPECIES | polyphaenoides |
| AUTHOR | (Wiltshire, 1961) |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | (?) Cryphia polyphaenoides sp. nov. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | Bahrain, Adari Pool Gardens, 23.ii.1960, leg. E. P. Wiltshire. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♀, BMNH. |
| 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 |
612-613; pl. 1, fig. 6
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Species pictures
Synonyms
| NAME | AUTHOR | STATUS |
| purpurascens | (Wiltshire, 1983) | Synonym of species |
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Bahrain | 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. | 612 | |
| Oman | Fibiger M. & Legrain A. 2009. Order Lepidoptera, superfamily Noctuoidea. - In: van Harten, A. (ed.) Arthropod fauna of the UAE. - — 2:480—660. | 623 | |
| 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. | 214 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Legrain A. & Wiltshire E. P. 1998. Provisional checklist of the Macro-Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of the UAE. - Tribulus 8(2):5-8. | 7 | |
| Yemen | Socotra | Hacker H. H. & Saldaitis A. 2010. Noctuidae of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen) with notes on the fauna of the southern Arabian Peninsula (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). - Esperiana Memoir 5:172-241. | 211 |
Host Plants
| FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Acanthaceae | Avicennia marina | 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. | 623 |
