Ragusa's nine-spotted moth | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Amata |
Species: | A. kruegeri |
Binomial name | |
Amata kruegeri (Ragusa, 1904) | |
Synonyms | |
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Amata kruegeri, or Ragusa's nine-spotted moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Emile Enrico Ragusa in 1904. It is found in southern and eastern Europe.
The larvae feed on various low-growing plants, including Plantago, Rumex, Galium and Taraxacum species.
Subspecies
- Amata kruegeri kruegeri (Sicily, Italy)
- Amata kruegeri albionica Dufay, 1965 (southern France)
- Amata kruegeri marjana (Stauder, 1913) (former Yugoslavia)
- Amata kruegeri odessana Obraztsov, 1935 (southern Ukraine)
- Amata kruegeri pedemontii (Rocci, 1941)
- Amata kruegeri quercii (Verity, 1914)
- Amata kruegeri sheljuzhkoi (Obraztsov, 1966) (Daghestan)
References
- Savela, Markku (April 3, 2019). "Amata kruegeri (Ragusa, 1904)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
- "Amata (Genus)". ZipcodeZoo.com. Archived from the original on 7 June 2012.
- Fauna Europaea
- Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
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Taxon identifiers | |
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