Amata bicincta
| Amata bicincta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Arctiidae |
| Genus: | Syntomis (syn Amata) |
| Species: | A. bicincta |
| Binomial name | |
| Amata bicincta (Kollar, 1844)[1] | |
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A different color species (photographed from Areacode, Kerala, India)
Amata bicincta is a species of moth in the genus Amata (or Syntomis) of the family Arctiidae ("wooly bears" or "tiger moths"). It is also known as nine-spotted moth and handmaiden moth. It is a common day-flying warnignly colored moth. The adult is unpalatable to birds and other predators. It is found in the north-western Himalayas, Sikkim, Khasis and Bangladesh.[2]
A pair of Amata bicincta moths mating
References
- ↑ Zip Code Amata bicincta. 2012
- ↑ Amata, funet.fi
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