Amerila timolis

Amerila timolis, or Timolis' frother, is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1914. It is found in New Guinea and Queensland, Australia.

Timolis' frother
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Amerila
Species:
A. timolis
Binomial name
Amerila timolis
(Rothschild, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Rhodogastria timolis Rothschild, 1914
  • Rhodogastria timiolis Turner, 1915
  • Rhodogastria timolis papuana Rothschild, 1914
  • Amerila timolis tenebrosa
  • Rhodogastria timolis tenebrosa Rothschild, 1916

The forewings are pale brown with large translucent windows that have a dark brown bar. The hindwings are pale brown.[1]

Subspecies
  • Amerila timolis timolis (Australia: Queensland)
  • Amerila timolis papuana (Rothschild, 1914) (Papua New Guinea, Vulcan Island: Manam)[2]

References
  1. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (21 June 2018). "Amerila timolis (Rothschild, 1914) Timolis' Frother". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  2. De Vos, Rob. "Amerila timolis (Rothschild, 1914) | The Tigermoths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini) of Papua Indonesia". Papua-Insects.nl. The Papua Insects Foundation. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  • Rothschild, W. (1914). "Arctiidae, subfamilie Arctiinae". In: Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. 10: 236-263, Taf. 13, 19-30, Alfred Kernen: Stuttgart.
  • Turner, A. J. (1915). "Studies in Australian Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland. 27: 11-57, Brisbane.


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