Biology:Amata (moth)

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Short description: Genus of moths

Amata
Amata trigonophora1.jpg
Amata trigonophora
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Tribe: Syntomini
Genus: Amata
Fabricius, 1807
Type species
Zygaena passalis
Fabricius, 1781
Synonyms
  • Syntomis Ochsenheimer, 1808
  • Buthysia Wallengren, 1863
  • Cacoethes Hübner, 1819
  • Coenochromia Hübner, [1819]
  • Syntoma Billberg, 1820
  • Hydrusa Walker, 1854
  • Asinusca Wallengren, 1862
  • Asinutea Wallengren, 1863
  • Asinusca Wallengren, 1865
  • Callitomis Butler, 1876
  • Leopoldina Hering, 1934
  • Vitronaclia Griveaud, 1964

Amata is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1807.

Selected species

  • Amata albapex Hampson, 1893
  • Amata albionica Dufay, 1965
  • Amata albobasis Kiriakoff, 1954
  • Amata alenicola (Strand, 1912)
  • Amata alicia (Butler, 1876)
  • Amata annulata Fabricius, 1775
  • Amata antitheta Meyrick, 1886
  • Amata aperta Walker, 1865
  • Amata atricornis (Wallengren, 1863)
  • Amata atricornuta Gaede, 1926
  • Amata attenuata Rothschild, 1910
  • Amata basithyris Hampson, 1914
  • Amata benitonis (Strand, 1912)
  • Amata bicincta Kollar, 1844
  • Amata bicolor Walker, 1854
  • Amata bifasciata (Hopffer, 1857)
  • Amata bondo (Kiriakoff, 1965)
  • Amata borguensis (Hampson, 1901)
  • Amata borneogena Obraztsov, 1955
  • Amata burtti (Distant, 1900)
  • Amata caerulescens (Druce, 1898)
  • Amata cantori Moore, 1859
  • Amata caspia Staudinger, 1877
  • Amata cerbera (Linnaeus, 1764)
  • Amata ceres (Oberthür, 1878)
  • Amata chariessa (Jordan, 1936)
  • Amata chloroscia (Hampson, 1901)
  • Amata cholmlei (Hampson, 1907)
  • Amata chlorometis Meyrick, 1886
  • Amata choneutospila Turner, 1905
  • Amata chroma Swinhoe, 1892
  • Amata chromatica Turner, 1905
  • Amata chrysozona (Hampson, 1898)
  • Amata congener (Hampson, 1901)
  • Amata consimilis (Hampson, 1901)
  • Amata creobota (Holland, 1893)
  • Amata croceizona (Hampson, 1910)
  • Amata cuprizonata (Hampson, 1901)
  • Amata cyanea Hampson, 1914
  • Amata cyanura Meyrick, 1886
  • Amata cyssea Stoll, 1782
  • Amata decorata Walker, 1862
  • Amata dilatata Snellen, 1881
  • Amata dilateralis (Hampson, 1898)
  • Amata discata (Druce, 1898)
  • Amata dissimilis (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
  • Amata distorta (Rothschild, 1910)
  • Amata divalis (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
  • Amata dohertyi (Hampson, 1898)
  • Amata dyschlaena Turner, 1905
  • Amata elongimacula Hampson, 1898
  • Amata endocrocis (Hampson, 1903)
  • Amata exapta Swinhow, 1892
  • Amata expandens Walker, 1862
  • Amata flavoanalis (Seitz, 1926)
  • Amata fortunei (d'Orza, 1869) – white-spotted moth
  • Amata francisca (Butler, 1876)
  • Amata fruhstorferi (Hampson, 1898)
  • Amata gigas (Rothschild, 1910)
  • Amata gil Witt et al., 2007[1]
  • Amata goodii (Holland, 1893)
  • Amata hellei (Romieux, 1935)
  • Amata hemiphoenica (Hampson, 1910)
  • Amata heptaspila Turner, 1905
  • Amata hesperitis Meyrick, 1886
  • Amata huebneri Boisduval, 1828
  • Amata humeralis Butler, 1876
  • Amata hyalota Meyrick, 1886
  • Amata hypomela Kiriakoff, 1954
  • Amata insularis Butler, 1876
  • Amata interniplaga (Mabille, 1890)
  • Amata jacksoni Rothschild, 1910
  • Amata janenschi Seitz, 1926
  • Amata johanna (Butler, 1876)
  • Amata kenredi (Rothschild, 1910)
  • Amata kinensis Hampson, 1898
  • Amata kruegeri Ragusa, 1904
  • Amata kuhlweini (Lefèbvre, 1832)
  • Amata lagosensis (Hampson, 1907)
  • Amata lampetis Turner, 1898
  • Amata lateralis (Boisduval, 1836)
  • Amata leimacis (Holland, 1893)
  • Amata leucacma Meyrick, 1886
  • Amata leucerythra (Holland, 1893)
  • Amata leucosoma (Butler, 1876)
  • Amata lucta Lucas, 1901
  • Amata luzonensis (Wileman & West, 1925)
  • Amata macroflavifer Holloway, 1988
  • Amata macroplaca Meyrick, 1886
  • Amata magistri Turner, 1905
  • Amata magnopupillata Berio, 1941
  • Amata magrettii Berio, 1937
  • Amata marella Butler, 1876
  • Amata marina (Butler, 1876)
  • Amata marinoides Kiriakoff, 1954
  • Amata marjana Stauder, 1913
  • Amata melitospila Turner, 1905
  • Amata mestralii Bugnion, 1837
  • Amata miozona (Hampson, 1910)
  • Amata mjobergi Talbot, 1926
  • Amata mogadorensis Blachier, 1908
  • Amata monothyris Hampson, 1914
  • Amata monticola (Aurivillius, 1910)
  • Amata multicincta (Hampson, 1914)
  • Amata multifasciata (Hampson, [1893])
  • Amata nigriceps Butler, 1876
  • Amata nigricilia (Strand, 1912)
  • Amata nigricornis Alphéraky, 1883
  • Amata nigrobasalis Rothschild, 1910
  • Amata ntebi (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
  • Amata obraztsovi Kiriakoff, 1954
  • Amata ochrospila Turner, 1922
  • Amata olinda Swinhoe, 1892
  • Amata orphnaea Turner, 1898
  • Amata pactolina Walker, 1865
  • Amata paradelpha Turner, 1905
  • Amata paraula Meyrick, 1886
  • Amata passalis (Fabricius, 1781)
  • Amata pembertoni Rothschild, 1910
  • Amata perixanthia (Hampson, 1898)
  • Amata pfeifferae (Moore, 1859)
  • Amata phaeobasis (Hampson, 1907)
  • Amata phaeochyta Turner, 1907
  • Amata phaeososma Hampson, 1914
  • Amata phaeozona (Zerny, 1912)
  • Amata phegea Linnaeus, 1758 – nine-spotted moth
  • Amata phepsalotis Meyrick, 1886
  • Amata phoenicia (Hampson, 1898)
  • Amata pleurosticta (Hampson, 1898)
  • Amata ploetzi (Strand, 1912)
  • Amata polidamon (Cramer, 1779)
  • Amata polymita Linnaeus, 1768 – tiger-striped clearwing moth
  • Amata polyxo (Fawcett, 1918)
  • Amata prepuncta Holloway, 1988
  • Amata prosomoea Turner, 1905
  • Amata pryeri Hampson, 1898
  • Amata pseudextensa Rothschild, 1910
  • Amata pseudosimplex de Freina, 2013
  • Amata pyrocoma Meyrick, 1886
  • Amata ragazzii Turati, 1917
  • Amata recedens Lucas, 1891
  • Amata rendalli (Distant, 1897)
  • Amata romeii Berio, 1941
  • Amata rubritincta (Hampson, 1903)
  • Amata rufina (Oberthür, 1878)
  • Amata schoutedeni Kiriakoff, 1954
  • Amata shirakii (Sonan, 1941)
  • Amata shoa (Hampson, 1898)
  • Amata similis (Le Cerf, 1922)
  • Amata simplex (Walker, 1854)
  • Amata soror (Le Cerf, 1922)
  • Amata sperbius (Fabricius, 1787)
  • Amata stanleyi (Kiriakoff, 1965)
  • Amata stenoptera (Zerny, 1912)
  • Amata stictoptera Rothschild, 1910
  • Amata symphona Swinhoe, 1907
  • Amata syntomoides Butler, 1876
  • Amata teinopera Hampson, 1898
  • Amata tenera Hulstaert, 1923
  • Amata tetragonaria Walker, 1862
  • Amata thoracica Moore, 1877
  • Amata tomasina (Butler, 1876)
  • Amata trifascia Holloway, 1976
  • Amata trigonophora Turner, 1898
  • Amata tripunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
  • Amata tritonia (Hampson, 1911)
  • Amata uelleburgensis (Strand, 1912)
  • Amata velatipennis (Walker, 1864)
  • Amata vicarians Holloway, 1988
  • Amata waldowi (Grünberg, 1907)
  • Amata wallacei (Moore, 1859)
  • Amata williami Rothschild, 1910
  • Amata xanthopleura Hampson, 1914
  • Amata xanthosoma Turner, 1898
  • Amata xanthura Turner, 1905


Gallery

Amata phegea
Amata species - mating
Amata alicia
Amata fortunei
Amata perixanthia
Amata polymita
Mating of Amata passalis species from Thiruvananthapuram, India

References

  1. Witt, Thomas J.; Kravchenko, Vasiliy D.; Spiedel, Wolfgang; Mooser, Josef; Junnila, Amy; Müller, Günter C. (2007). "A new Amata species from Israel (Arctiidae, Syntominae)". Nota Lepidopterologica 30 (2): 367–373. ISSN 0342-7536. http://www.soceurlep.eu/tl_files/nota/bd30_2/09_Witt.pdf. Retrieved 29 September 2014. 

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