Amata kruegeri, or Ragusa's nine-spotted moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Emile Enrico Ragusa in 1904.[1][2] It is found in southern and eastern Europe.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Amata |
| Species: | A. kruegeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Amata kruegeri (Ragusa, 1904)
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The larvae feed on various low-growing plants, including Plantago, Rumex, Galium and Taraxacum species.[4]
Subspecies edit
- Amata kruegeri kruegeri (Sicily, Italy)
- Amata kruegeri albionica Dufay, 1965 (southern France)
- Amata kruegeri marjana (Stauder, 1913) (former Yugoslavia)
- Amata kruegeri odessana Obraztsov, 1935 (southern Ukraine)
- Amata kruegeri pedemontii (Rocci, 1941)
- Amata kruegeri quercii (Verity, 1914)
- Amata kruegeri sheljuzhkoi (Obraztsov, 1966) (Daghestan)
References edit
- ^ Savela, Markku (April 3, 2019). "Amata kruegeri (Ragusa, 1904)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
- ^ "Amata (Genus)". ZipcodeZoo.com. Archived from the original on 7 June 2012.
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
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