| Amerila simillima | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Amerila |
| Species: | A. simillima |
| Binomial name | |
| Amerila simillima (Rothschild, 1917) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Amerila simillima is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1917. It is found in Australia. [1]
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.
Leucotmemis is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1876.
Amerila omissa is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Walter Rothschild in 1910. It is found from the north-eastern parts of the Himalayas, through China and Malaysia to Borneo.
Amerila magnifica is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Walter Rothschild in 1910. It is found in Kenya, Mozambique and South Africa.
Amerila alberti is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Walter Rothschild in 1910. It is found in the Australian state of Queensland.
Amerila puella is a species of moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It is found in Senegal, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Zaire, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi.
Amerila astreus is a moth of subfamily Arctiinae described by Dru Drury in 1773. It is found from the Oriental region to New Guinea. The species is found in primary and secondary habitats ranging from lowlands to montane regions.
Amerila curta is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1917. It is found on the Umboi Islands of Papua New Guinea.
Amerila erythropus is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1917. It is found on the Umboi Islands of Papua New Guinea.
Amerila rufitarsis is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1917. It is found in Papua New Guinea and New Britain.
Amerila timolis, or Timolis' frother, is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1914. It is found in New Guinea and Queensland, Australia.
Amerila vitrea is a species of moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Carl Plötz in 1880. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, the Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Damias simillima is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Walter Rothschild in 1936. It is found in New Guinea.
Hemonia simillima is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1913. It is found in Australia.
Acrojana is a genus of moths in the family Eupterotidae.
Acrojana simillima is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Rothschild in 1932. It is found in Sierra Leone.
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