Amata wallacei is a species of moth in the family Erebidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1859.[1] It is found on Java, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo.
Amata wallacei | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Amata |
Species: | A. wallacei
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Binomial name | |
Amata wallacei (Moore, 1859)
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The length of the forewings is 15–16 mm.[2]
Subspecies
edit- Amata wallacei wallacei (Java)
- Amata wallacei paucicincta Holloway, 1988 (Java, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo)
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku (April 3, 2019). "Amata wallacei (Moore, 1859)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
- ^ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Amata wallacei paucicincta ssp. n." The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved October 30, 2019.