Ammatho

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Ammatho
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Ammatho cuneonotatus, India
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Tribe: Lithosiini
Subtribe: Nudariina
Genus: Ammatho
Walker, 1855
Type species
Ammatho cuneonotatus
Walker, 1855
Subgenera
  • Ammatho Walker, 1855
  • Rugosine Volynkin, 2019
Ammatho roseororatus, Malaysia Ammatho roseororatus - inat 389805977.jpg
Ammatho roseororatus, Malaysia

Ammatho is a genus in the moth family Erebidae. There are about 15 described species in Ammatho, found in South and Southeast Asia. [1] [2]

Contents

Ammatho formerly consisted of more than 75 species in 8 subgenera, but as a result of molecular phylogenetic research, most of the subgenera were elevated to genus rank and all but 15 of the species were moved the new genera. [2]

This genus was first described by Francis Walker in 1855. [3]

Species

These 15 species belong to the genus Ammatho: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Ammatho Walker, 1855". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
  2. 1 2 Huang, Si-Yao; Volynkin, Anton V.; Miao, Zhi-Peng; Tan, Shun-Yun; et al. (2021). "Molecular phylogeny and classification of Nudariina (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) with emphasis on the genera Barsine Walker, Ammatho Walker and Ovipennis Hampson". Systematic Entomology. 46. doi:10.1111/syen.12509.
  3. Volynkin, Anton; Huang, Si-Yao; Ivanova, Maria (2019). "An overview of genera and subgenera of the Asura / Miltochristageneric complex (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Part 1. Barsine Walker, 1854 sensu lato, Asura Walker, 1854 and related genera, with descriptions of twenty new genera, ten new subgenera and a check list of taxa of the Asura / Miltochrista generic complex". Ecologica Montenegrina. 26: 14–92. doi:10.37828/em.2019.26.3.

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