Autophila anaphanes

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Toxocampinae
Genus: Autophila
Subgenus: Cheirophanes
Species: Autophila anaphanes
Subspecies: A. a. anaphanes – A. a. cretica – A. a. cypriaca
Name

Autophila anaphanes Boursin, 1940

Type locality: Lebanon, Schweir.

Holotype: LSNK. male ♂.
References

Babics, J. 2014. On the taxonomy of the Lygephila Billberg, 1820-Autophila Hübner, [1823]-Apopestes Hübner, [1823] generic complex (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Erebinae) with the description of three new taxa and Katyusha raised to generic status. Esperiana 19: 297–336. Abstract (PDF) Reference page.
Boursin, C. 1940: Beiträge zur Kenntnis der "Agrotidae-Trifinae". Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 30: 474- 543. full article.Reference page.
Autophila anaphanes is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Charles Boursin in 1940. It is found in the eastern part of the Mediterranean, including the Balkans, Cyprus, Turkey, Lebanon and Israel.

There is one generation per year. Adults are on wing from April to June.

The larvae feed on Genista and Ulex species.
Subspecies

Autophila anaphanes anaphanes
Autophila anaphanes cypriaca
Autophila anaphanes cretica (Crete)

External links
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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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