Amata caspia

Amata caspia is a species of moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Otto Staudinger in 1877.[1] It is found in south-western Russia, the southern Ural Mountains, the Caucasus, Transcaspia, Kazakhstan and Turkey.[2]

Amata caspia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Amata
Species:
A. caspia
Binomial name
Amata caspia
(Staudinger, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Syntomis caspia Staudinger, 1877
  • Syntomis caspia martinierici Bryk, 1941
  • Syntomis caspia martini-erici Bryk, 1941
  • Syntomis minuta A. Bang-Haas, 1910
  • Amata (Syntomis) banghaasi Obraztsov, 1966
  • Amata (Syntomis) minutissima Obraztsov, 1966
  • Syntomis banghaasi schachti de Freina, 1994

The wingspan is 19–28 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing in June and July.

References
  1. "Amata (Genus)". ZipcodeZoo.com. Archived from the original on 7 June 2012.
  2. Savela, Markku (3 April 2019). "Amata caspia (Staudinger, 1877)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 29 October 2019.


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