Anumeta straminea

Anumeta straminea is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Andreas Bang-Haas in 1906. It is found from the Sahara and the Arabian Desert to Bahrain and northern Oman. Furthermore, it is found in the Arava Valley and the Dead Sea area of Israel.

Anumeta straminea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Anumeta
Species:
A. straminea
Binomial name
Anumeta straminea
(A. Bang-Haas, 1906)

There are two generations per year in Africa and one in the Middle East. Adults are on wing from December to March.

The larvae 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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