Amata (moth)
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Amata is a genus
of moth
in the Arctiidae
family.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
in the Arctiidae
Arctiidae
Arctiidae is a large and diverse family of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species. This family includes the groups commonly known as tiger moths , which usually have bright colours, footmen , lichen moths and wasp moths...
family.
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Selected species
- Amata albionicaAmata albionicaAmata albionica is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Dufay, 1965 - Amata annulataAmata annulataAmata annulata is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Fabricius, 1775 - Amata antithetaAmata antithetaAmata antitheta is a species of moth in the genuss Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Meyrick, 1886 - Amata apertaAmata apertaAmata aperta is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Walker, 1865 - Amata atricornutaAmata atricornutaAmata atricornuta is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Gaede, 1926 - Amata bicolorAmata bicolorAmata bicolor is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Walker, 1854 - Amata borneogenaAmata borneogenaAmata borneogena is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Obraztsov, 1955 - Amata cantoriAmata cantoriAmata cantori is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae . It is found on Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo....
Moore, 1859 - Amata caspiaAmata caspiaAmata caspia is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Staudinger, 1877 - Amata chlorometisAmata chlorometisAmata chlorometis is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Meyrick, 1886 - Amata choneutospilaAmata choneutospilaAmata choneutospila is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Turner, 1905 - Amata chromaAmata chromaAmata chroma is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Swinhoe, 1892 - Amata chromaticaAmata chromaticaAmata chromatica is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Turner, 1905 - Amata cyanuraAmata cyanuraAmata cyanura is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Meyrick, 1886 - Amata decorataAmata decorataAmata decorata is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Walker, 1862 - Amata dilatataAmata dilatataAmata dilatata is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Snellen, 1881 - Amata dyschlaenaAmata dyschlaenaAmata dyschlaena is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Turner, 1905 - Amata elongimaculaAmata elongimaculaAmata elongimacula is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Hampson, 1898 - Amata exaptaAmata exaptaAmata exapta is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Swinhow, 1892 - Amata expandensAmata expandensAmata expandens is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Walker, 1862 - Amata fortuneiAmata fortuneiThe White-spotted Moth is a species of moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in Japan and Taiwan.The wingspan is 30-37 mm. It is a day-flying species...
(d'Orza, 1869) - Amata heptaspilaAmata heptaspilaAmata heptaspila is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Turner, 1905 - Amata hesperitisAmata hesperitisAmata hesperitis is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Meyrick, 1886 - Amata huebneriAmata huebneriAmata huebneri is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae . It is found from the Indo Australian Tropics to northern Australia....
Boisduval, 1828 - Amata humeralisAmata humeralisAmata humeralis is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Butler, 1876 - Amata hyalotaAmata hyalotaAmata hyalota is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Meyrick, 1886 - Amata insularisAmata insularisAmata insularis is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Butler, 1876 - Amata kinensisAmata kinensisAmata kinensis is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Hampson, 1898 - Amata kruegeriAmata kruegeriAmata kruegeri is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Ragusa, 1904 - Amata lampetisAmata lampetisAmata lampetis is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Turner, 1898 - Amata leucacmaAmata leucacmaAmata leucacma is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Meyrick, 1886 - Amata luctaAmata luctaAmata lucta is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Lucas, 1901 - Amata macroflaviferAmata macroflaviferAmata macroflavifer is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Holloway, 1988 - Amata macroplacaAmata macroplacaAmata macroplaca is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Meyrick, 1886 - Amata magistriAmata magistriAmata magistri is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Turner, 1905 - Amata marellaAmata marellaAmata marella is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Butler, 1876 - Amata marjanaAmata marjanaAmata marjana is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Stauder, 1913 - Amata melitospilaAmata melitospilaAmata melitospila is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Turner, 1905 - Amata mestraliiAmata mestraliiAmata mestralii is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in Israel and Syria....
Bugnion, 1837 - Amata mjobergiAmata mjobergiAmata mjobergi is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Talbot, 1926 - Amata mogadorensisAmata mogadorensisAmata mogadorensis is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Blachier, 1908 - Amata nigricepsAmata nigricepsAmata nigriceps is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Butler, 1876 - Amata nigricornisAmata nigricornisAmata nigricornis is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Alphéraky, 1883 - Amata ochrospilaAmata ochrospilaAmata ochrospila is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Turner, 1922 - Amata olindaAmata olindaAmata olinda is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Swinhoe, 1892 - Amata orphnaeaAmata orphnaeaAmata orphnaea is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Turner, 1898 - Amata pactolinaAmata pactolinaAmata pactolina is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Walker, 1865 - Amata paradelphaAmata paradelphaAmata paradelpha is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Turner, 1905 - Amata paraulaAmata paraulaAmata paraula is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Meyrick, 1886 - Amata perixanthiaAmata perixanthiaAmata perixanthia is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in Taiwan, Tibet and eastern China....
(Hampson, 1898) - Amata pfeifferaeAmata pfeifferaeAmata pfeifferae is a species of moth in the Arctiidae family. It is found on Sumatra and Java....
(Moore, 1859) - Amata phaeochytaAmata phaeochytaAmata phaeochyta is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Turner, 1907 - Amata phegea – Nine-Spotted Moth Linnaeus, 1758
- Amata phepsalotisAmata phepsalotisAmata phepsalotis is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Meyrick, 1886 - Amata polymitaAmata polymitaThe Tiger-Striped Clearwing Moth is a species of moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in China .The wingspan is about 35 mm.The larvae feed on Breynia fruticosa and Gyaura crepidioidea....
– Tiger-Striped Clearwing Moth Linnaeus, 1768 - Amata prepunctaAmata prepunctaAmata prepuncta is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Holloway, 1988 - Amata prosomoeaAmata prosomoeaAmata prosomoea is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Turner, 1905 - Amata pryeriAmata pryeriAmata pryeri is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Hampson, 1898 - Amata pseudextensaAmata pseudextensaAmata pseudextensa is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Rothschild, 1910 - Amata pyrocomaAmata pyrocomaAmata pyrocoma is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Meyrick, 1886 - Amata ragazziiAmata ragazziiAmata ragazzii is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Turati, 1917 - Amata recedensAmata recedensAmata recedens is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Lucas, 1891 - Amata symphonaAmata symphonaAmata symphona is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Swinhoe, 1907 - Amata teinoperaAmata teinoperaAmata teinopera is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Hampson, 1898 - Amata tetragonariaAmata tetragonariaAmata tetragonaria is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Walker, 1862 - Amata trifasciaAmata trifasciaAmata trifascia is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Holloway, 1976 - Amata trigonophoraAmata trigonophoraAmata trigonophora is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in the coastal areas of eastern Australia....
Turner, 1898 - Amata vicariansAmata vicariansAmata vicarians is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Holloway, 1988 - Amata wallaceiAmata wallaceiAmata wallacei is a species of moth in the Arctiidae family. It is found on Java, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo.The length of the forewings is 15-16 mm. Adults have five white spots on black forewings and two white spots on the hindwings...
(Moore, 1859) - Amata xanthosomaAmata xanthosomaAmata xanthosoma is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Turner, 1898 - Amata xanthuraAmata xanthuraAmata xanthura is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ....
Turner, 1905