Amata antitheta

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Amata antitheta
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Queensland, Australia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Amata
Species:
A. antitheta
Binomial name
Amata antitheta
(Meyrick, 1886)
Synonyms
  • Hydrusa antithetaMeyrick, 1886
  • Hydrusa anepsiaMeyrick, 1886
  • Syntomis mikroplagaSeitz, 1913
  • Syntomis ochreipictaSeitz, 1913

Amata antitheta is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1886. [1] It is found in Queensland, Australia. [2]

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A mating pair
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Mating pair

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References

  1. "Amata (Genus)". ZipcodeZoo.com. Archived from the original on 7 June 2012.
  2. Savela, Markku (3 April 2019). "Amata antitheta (Meyrick, 1886)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 29 October 2019.