Amata caspia is a species of moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Otto Staudinger in 1877.[1] It is found in south-western Russia, the southern Ural Mountains, the Caucasus, Transcaspia, Kazakhstan and Turkey.[2]

Amata caspia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Amata
Species:
A. caspia
Binomial name
Amata caspia
(Staudinger, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Syntomis caspia Staudinger, 1877
  • Syntomis caspia martinierici Bryk, 1941
  • Syntomis caspia martini-erici Bryk, 1941
  • Syntomis minuta A. Bang-Haas, 1910
  • Amata (Syntomis) banghaasi Obraztsov, 1966
  • Amata (Syntomis) minutissima Obraztsov, 1966
  • Syntomis banghaasi schachti de Freina, 1994

The wingspan is 19–28 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing in June and July.

References

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  1. ^ "Amata (Genus)". ZipcodeZoo.com. Archived from the original on 7 June 2012.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku (3 April 2019). "Amata caspia (Staudinger, 1877)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 29 October 2019.