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Amata fortunei

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White-spotted moth
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Amata
Species:
A. fortunei
Binomial name
Amata fortunei
(d'Orza, 1869)
Synonyms
  • Syntomis fortunei d'Orza, 1869
  • Syntomis erebina Butler, 1881

Amata fortunei (white-spotted moth) is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.

Mating

The wingspan is 30–37 mm.[1] It is a day-flying species. There are two generations per year, with adults on wing from early June to mid July and again from mid August to mid September.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Trifolium repens,Taraxacum species, Equisetum arvense and Typha angustifolia.[2] They are known to eat dead leaves as well as living tissue.

Subspecies

  • Amata fortunei fortunei (Japan)
  • Amata fortunei matsumurai (Sonan, 1941) (Taiwan)

References

  1. ^ Japanese Moths
  2. ^ Number of flying individuals of Amata fortunei fortunei (Orza) (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae)
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