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Amata huebneri

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Amata huebneri
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. huebneri
Binomial name
Amata huebneri
(Boisduval, 1828)[1]
Synonyms
  • Syntomis hübneri Boisduval, 1829
  • Syntomis marsdeni Moore, 1859
  • Syntomis xanthomela Walker, 1860
  • Naclia cingulata Wallengren, 1860
  • Buthysia sangaris Wallengren, 1863
  • Syntomis contermina Walker, [1865]
  • Hydrusa pyrrhodera Meyrick, 1886
  • Syntomis frustulenta Swinhoe, 1892
  • Syntomis sala Swinhoe, 1902

Amata huebneri is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Erebidae (subfamily Arctiinae - "wooly bears" or "tiger moths").[2] It is found from the Indo Australian Tropics to northern Australia.[3]

Adults are black with yellow bands across the abdomen, and transparent windows in the wings. It is a wasp mimic.[4]

The larvae feed on Oryza sativa.

References

  1. ^ Amata at funet
  2. ^ Zip Code Zoo_Amata_Genus. 2009
  3. ^ The Moths of Borneo
  4. ^ Australian Insects


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