Amata is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1807.

Amata
Amata trigonophora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Tribe: Syntomini
Genus: Amata
Fabricius, 1807
Type species
Zygaena passalis
Fabricius, 1781
Synonyms
  • Syntomis Ochsenheimer, 1808
  • Buthysia Wallengren, 1863
  • Cacoethes Hübner, 1819
  • Coenochromia Hübner, [1819]
  • Syntoma Billberg, 1820
  • Hydrusa Walker, 1854
  • Asinusca Wallengren, 1862
  • Asinutea Wallengren, 1863
  • Asinusca Wallengren, 1865
  • Callitomis Butler, 1876
  • Leopoldina Hering, 1934
  • Vitronaclia Griveaud, 1964

Selected species edit

Gallery edit

 
Amata phegea
 
Amata species - mating
 
Amata alicia
 
Amata fortunei
 
Amata perixanthia
 
Amata polymita
 
Mating of Amata passalis species from Thiruvananthapuram, India

References edit

  1. ^ Witt, Thomas J.; Kravchenko, Vasiliy D.; Spiedel, Wolfgang; Mooser, Josef; Junnila, Amy; Müller, Günter C. (2007). "A new Amata species from Israel (Arctiidae, Syntominae)" (PDF). Nota Lepidopterologica. 30 (2): 367–373. ISSN 0342-7536. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.