Amata (moth) explained

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

References

• Web site: Savela . Markku . Amata Fabricius, 1807 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . October 19, 2018.

Notes and References

1. Witt . Thomas J. . Kravchenko . Vasiliy D. . Spiedel . Wolfgang . Mooser . Josef . Junnila . Amy . Müller . Günter C. . A new Amata species from Israel (Arctiidae, Syntominae) . Nota Lepidopterologica . 2007 . 30 . 2 . 367–373 . 29 September 2014 . 0342-7536 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141103085804/http://www.soceurlep.eu/tl_files/nota/bd30_2/09_Witt.pdf . 3 November 2014 .