Ericeia amanda

Ericeia amanda is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found on Borneo, Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia. The original description notes Adelaide, Australia as type locality, but the species is not known from Australia.

Ericeia amanda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Ericeia
Species:
E. amanda
Binomial name
Ericeia amanda
Walker, 1858[1]
Synonyms
  • Remigia amanda Walker, 1858
  • Remigia intracta Walker, 1864
  • Ericeia intracta

Adults are similar to Ericeia elongata, but are more rufous brown. Furthermore, the forewing fasciation is more strongly sinuous, and there is usually whitish suffusion in a postmedial band.

Taxonomy

Although Poole placed E. intracta as a synonym of Ericeia inangulata in 1989, it is instead a synonym for E. amanda.[2]

References
  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Ericeia amanda (Walker 1858)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
  2. The Moths of Borneo


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