Amata kuhlweini

Amata kuhlweinii, the cool handmaiden, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Alexandre Louis Lefèbvre de Cérisy in 1832 (or 1831). It is found in South Africa and Tanzania.[1][2]

Cool handmaiden
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Amata
Species:
A. kuhlweinii
Binomial name
Amata kuhlweinii
(Lefèbvre, 1832)
Synonyms
  • Syntomis kuhlweini Lefèbvre, 1832
  • Syntomis natalii Boisduval, 1847

References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Amata kuhlweinii (Lefèbvre, 1832)". Afromoths. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  2. Savela, Markku (April 3, 2019). "Amata kuhlweini (Lefèbvre, 1831)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 30, 2019.


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