Anumeta asiatica

Anumeta asiatica is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Wiltshire in 1961. It is found in south-western Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman, the United Arab Emirates and in the Arava Valley in Israel.

Anumeta asiatica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Anumeta
Species:
A. asiatica
Binomial name
Anumeta asiatica
Wiltshire, 1961

There is one generation per year. Adults are on wing from May to August.

The larvae probably feed on Calligonum species.

  • Kravchenko, V. D.; Müller, G.; Orlova, O. B.; Seplyarskaya, V. N. (2004). "The Catocalinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Israel" (PDF). Russian Entomological Journal. 13 (3): 175–186. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-19 via Internet Archive.
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