Amata pfeifferae

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Amata pfeifferae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Amata
Species:
A. pfeifferae
Binomial name
Amata pfeifferae
(Moore, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Syntomis pfeifferaeMoore, 1859
  • Zygaena pfeifferae
  • Syntomis acuminataSnellen, 1880

Amata pfeifferae is a species of moth in the family Erebidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1859. [1] It is found on Sumatra and Java. [2]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku (April 3, 2019). "Amata pfeifferae (Moore, 1859)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  2. Obraztsov, Nicholas S. (1955). "Species of the Amata (Syntomis) pfeifferae group (Lepidoptera: Ctenuchidae)". Psyche.