Amata fortunei

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White-spotted moth
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Amata
Species:
A. fortunei
Binomial name
Amata fortunei
(d'Orza, 1869)
Synonyms
  • Syntomis fortuneid'Orza, 1869
  • Syntomis erebinaButler, 1881

Amata fortunei, the white-spotted moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by d'Orza in 1869. It is found in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. [1]

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Mating

The wingspan is 30–37 mm. [2] It is a day-flying species. There are two generations per year, with adults on wing from early June to mid July and again from mid August to mid September.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Trifolium repens , Taraxacum species, Equisetum arvense and Typha angustifolia . [3] They are known to eat dead leaves as well as living tissue.

Subspecies

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References

  1. Savela, Markku (April 3, 2019). "Amata fortunei (d'Orza, 1869)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  2. ニワカガマニア; 川上洋一 & 神保宇嗣. "カノコガ Amata fortunei fortunei (Orza, 1869)". みんなで作る日本産蛾類図鑑[An Identification Guide of Japanese Moths Compiled by Everyone] (in Japanese). Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  3. "Number of flying individuals of Amata fortunei fortunei (Orza) (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae)" (in Chinese)