Anumeta spilota (Erschoff, 1874)

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Toxocampinae (subfamily)/  Anumeta (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Erschoff, 1874)
Citation:	Leucanitis spilota nov. sp. Ersch.
Original genus:	Leucanitis
Publication:	Erschoff N. G. 1874. Lepidoptera. – In: A. P. Fedschenko. Puteschestvije v' Turkestan'. 2. Zoogeografischeskija Izsledovanija 4 (3).
Journal:	—
Volume:	11 (2)
Issue:	5
Pagination:	56–57; pl. 4, fig. 58

Anumeta spilota (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Anumeta spilota (Erschoff, 1874)	Holotype	♀	ZIN	Holotype ♀, ZIN.	Turkmenistan	[Turkmenistan], Transcaspia, Kizilkum Desert, 12.v.

Distribution note:

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

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Anumeta spilota (Erschoff, 1874)	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). page 257 (as harterti)
Anumeta spilota (Erschoff, 1874)	Bahrain		Wiltshire E. P. 1964. The Lepidoptera of Bahrain. page 138
Anumeta spilota (Erschoff, 1874)	Mauritania		Hacker H. H. & Hausmann A. 2010. Noctuidae collected by Karlheinz Politzar in Bogué, Mauritania (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). page 111
Anumeta spilota (Erschoff, 1874)	Oman		Wiltshire E. P. 1985b. New Heterocera from Oman (with a revised list of the moths known from the Musandam Peninsula). page 45
Anumeta spilota (Erschoff, 1874)	Saudi Arabia		Wiltshire E. P. 1964. The Lepidoptera of Bahrain. page 138
Anumeta spilota (Erschoff, 1874)	United Arab Emirates		Legrain A. & Wiltshire E. P. 1998. Provisional checklist of the Macro-Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of the UAE. page 8
Anumeta spilota (Erschoff, 1874)	Western Sahara		Rungs Ch. 1992. Premier aperçu sur la faune des lépidoptères du Sahara occidental. page 367 (as harterti)
Anumeta spilota (Erschoff, 1874)	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. page 615 (as mugshinensis)
Anumeta spilota harterti Rothschild, 1913	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). page 257
Anumeta spilota harterti Rothschild, 1913	Mauritania		Hacker H. H. & Hausmann A. 2010. Noctuidae collected by Karlheinz Politzar in Bogué, Mauritania (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). page 111
Anumeta spilota harterti Rothschild, 1913	Oman		Wiltshire E. P. 1985b. New Heterocera from Oman (with a revised list of the moths known from the Musandam Peninsula). page 45
Anumeta spilota harterti Rothschild, 1913	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. page 231
Anumeta spilota harterti Rothschild, 1913	United Arab Emirates		Hacker H. H. 2016a. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Macroheterocera and Cossoidea Leach, [1815], Zygaenoidea Latreille, 1809, Thyridoidea Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 and Hyblaeoidea Hampson, 1903 of the Arabian Peninsula, with a survey of their distribution (Lepid.). page 232
Anumeta spilota harterti Rothschild, 1913	Yemen		Hacker H. H. & Hausmann A. 2010. Noctuidae collected by Karlheinz Politzar in Bogué, Mauritania (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). page 111
Anumeta spilota mugshinensis Wiltshire, 1990	Oman		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. page 216
Anumeta spilota mugshinensis Wiltshire, 1990	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. page 615

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Anumeta spilota (Erschoff, 1874)	Calligonum comosum	Polygonaceae	United Arab Emirates	Fibiger M. & Legrain A. 2009. Order Lepidoptera, superfamily Noctuoidea. – In: van Harten, A. (ed.) Arthropod fauna of the UAE. page 543
Anumeta spilota (Erschoff, 1874)	Calligonum comosum	Polygonaceae	Tunisia	Dumont C. 1926b. Les chenilles du Calligonum comosum, L'Héritier. page 222
Anumeta spilota (Erschoff, 1874)	Calligonum comosum	Polygonaceae	Algeria	Dumont C. 1920b. Contribution à l'étude des lépidoptères du Sahara algérien. Description de deux espèces nouvelles de Quadrifinae. page 275 (as azelicoula)
Anumeta spilota harterti Rothschild, 1913	Calligonum comosum	Polygonaceae	Tunisia	Dumont C. 1926b. Les chenilles du Calligonum comosum, L'Héritier. page 222

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

Anumeta spilota (1)

Anumeta spilota (2)

Anumeta spilota (3)

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Anumeta spilota azelikoula (1)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Anumeta spilota azelikoula Dumont, 1920	Dumont, 1920	subspecies	Synonym	Anumeta spilota azelikoula
Anumeta spilota harterti Rothschild, 1913	Rothschild, 1913	subspecies	Accepted	Anumeta spilota harterti
Anumeta spilota mugshinensis Wiltshire, 1990	Wiltshire, 1990	subspecies	Accepted	Anumeta spilota mugshinensis

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination