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Automolis meteus (Cramer, 1781)

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Syntomini (tribe)/  Thyretina (subtribe)/  Automolis (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Cramer, 1781)
Citation:Sphinx Adscit.[us] Meteus
Original genus:Sphinx
Publication:Cramer P. 1780–1782. De uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America, by een verzameld en beschreeven door den heer Pieter Cramer (etc.).
Journal:—
Volume:4
Issue:25–34
Pagination:109–110, 250 (index); pl. cccxlvii, fig. B
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42136779
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Automolis meteus (1)
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Automolis meteus (Cramer, 1781) unknown NHMUK Type in coll. E. F. Alberti, NHMUK, not located (see L. Przybyłowicz 2009: 11). South Africa South Africa, Western Cape, Kaap de Goede Hoop. Przybyłowicz Ł. 2009. Thyretini of Africa. An illustrated catalogue of the Thyretini (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Syntominae) of the Afrotropical Region. page 109–110, 250 (index); pl. cccxlvii, fig. B
Plant note:

Poaceae in South Africa, gregarious and very active; they feed at night and hide during the day in holes (see J. S. Taylor 1949: 79). Flimsy, oval cocoon constructed under debris, or in holes in the ground, made from larval hairs woven together with brown silk (J. S. Taylor 1968b: 149).

Taylor J. S. 1949. Notes on Lepidoptera in the Eastern Cape Province (Part 1).
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Automolis meteus (Cramer, 1781) Acalypha sp. Euphorbiaceae South Africa Fawcett J. M. 1903. Notes on the transformations of some South-African Lepidoptera. page 178
Automolis meteus (Cramer, 1781) Gnidia sp. Thymelaeaceae South Africa Fawcett J. M. 1903. Notes on the transformations of some South-African Lepidoptera. page 178
Automolis meteus (Cramer, 1781) Lasiosiphon sp. Thymelaeaceae South Africa Fawcett J. M. 1903. Notes on the transformations of some South-African Lepidoptera. page 178
Automolis meteus (Cramer, 1781) Senecio pterophorus Asteraceae South Africa Taylor J. S. 1968b. Notes on some South African Lepidoptera. page 149
Automolis meteus (Cramer, 1781) Trema bracteolata Ulmaceae South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 95
Automolis meteus (Cramer, 1781) Undefined Grasses Undefined South Africa Taylor J. S. 1949. Notes on Lepidoptera in the Eastern Cape Province (Part 1). page 79
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Automolis metus (Taylor, 1968) (Taylor, 1968) species Misapplied Metarctia metus