Amata nigricornis explained

Amata nigricornis is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Sergei Alphéraky in 1883.^[1] It is common in Ukraine and found in the southern part of European Russia, the Transcaucasus, Turkey^[2] and Iran.

The wingspan is 30–35 mm.^[3]

Subspecies

• Amata nigricornis nigricornis
• Amata nigricornis anatolica (Zerny, 1931)
• Amata nigricornis krymaea Obraztsov, 1937
• Amata nigricornis turgaica Obraztsov, 1937

Notes and References

1. Web site: Amata nigricornis . ZipcodeZoo.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20130923012953/http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/A/Amata%5Fnigricornis/ . 23 September 2013.
2. Web site: Savela . Markku . 3 April 2019 . Amata nigricornis (Alphéraky, 1883) . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . 30 October 2019.
3. http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Amata_Nigricornis "10519b Amata nigricornis (Alphéraky, 1883)"