Amata (moth)

Amata
	Amata trigonophora
Scientific classification
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[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

^ Witt, Thomas J.; Kravchenko, Vasiliy D.; Spiedel, Wolfgang; Mooser, Josef; Junnila, Amy; Müller, Günter C. (2007). "A new Amata species from Israel (Arctiidae, Syntominae)" (PDF). Nota Lepidopterologica. 30 (2): 367–373. ISSN 0342-7536. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.

Savela, Markku. "Amata Fabricius, 1807". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 19, 2018.

[Amatagil-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)" (PDF). Nota Lepidopterologica. 30 (2): 367–373. ISSN 0342-7536. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.

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