Amata wallacei
Amata wallacei is a species of moth in the family Erebidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1859.[1] It is found on Java, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Amata |
| Species: | A. wallacei |
| Binomial name | |
| Amata wallacei (Moore, 1859) | |
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The length of the forewings is 15–16 mm. Adults have five white spots on black forewings and two white spots on the hindwings. There are yellow rings at the base of the abdomen and on the sixth segment.[2]
Subspecies
- Amata wallacei wallacei (Java)
- Amata wallacei paucicincta Holloway, 1988 (Java, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo)
References
- Savela, Markku (April 3, 2019). "Amata wallacei (Moore, 1859)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
- Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Amata wallacei paucicincta ssp. n." The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
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