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.

External links edit

  • 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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