| Amerila fumida | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Amerila |
| Species: | A. fumida |
| Binomial name | |
| Amerila fumida (C. Swinhoe, 1901) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Amerila fumida is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Charles Swinhoe in 1901. It is found in Indonesia (Halmaheira Islands and Timor). [1]
Utetheisa is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
Amerila is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. A number of species in this genus have a special defence mechanism when they are in their adult stage. When disturbed, they exude a frothy yellow fluid from glands beside the eyes, while making a sizzling noise to ward off their attacker. Similar behaviour has been observed in fertilised females of the North-American moth Utetheisa ornatrix.
Barsine is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.
Lemyra is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus contains many species from East and South Asia, Sundaland and Australia. It was described by Francis Walker in 1856.
Melastrota is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Arctiinae erected by George Hampson in 1905. Its only species, Melastrota nigrisquamata, was described by Swinhoe in 1901. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.
Monosyntaxis is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Swinhoe in 1901.
Spilarctia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875.
Paracymoriza is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Platyja is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823.
Stenopaltis is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Stenopaltis lithina, is known from the Australian state of Queensland. Both the genus and the species were first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1901.
Sundwarda is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1901. Its only species, Sundwarda dohertyi, was first described by Herbert Druce in 1901. It is found in Malaysia.
Asota is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Species are widely distributed throughout Africa, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, the Malayan region and tropical parts of the Australian region.
Niguza oculita is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Swinhoe in 1901. It is found in Australia, including the Wessel Islands.
Nyctemera baulus is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from India to Samoa. Records include Queensland, Indonesia and New Guinea.
Rivula everta is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1901. It is found in Australia in Queensland and the Northern Territory.
Louis Beethoven Prout (1864–1943) was an English entomologist and musicologist.
Elusa semipecten is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1901. It is found in the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland.
William Warren was an English entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera.
Schoenobiinae is a subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae. The subfamily was described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1846.
Eupterote is a genus of moths in the family Eupterotidae. It was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1820.
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