Amata caspia

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Amata caspia
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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 caspiaStaudinger, 1877
  • Syntomis caspia martiniericiBryk, 1941
  • Syntomis caspia martini-ericiBryk, 1941
  • Syntomis minutaA. Bang-Haas, 1910
  • Amata (Syntomis) banghaasiObraztsov, 1966
  • Amata (Syntomis) minutissimaObraztsov, 1966
  • Syntomis banghaasi schachtide Freina, 1994

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]

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

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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 caspia (Staudinger, 1877)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 29 October 2019.