Amata xanthosoma

Amata xanthosoma, the yellow tiger moth, is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1898.[1] It is found in the northern part of the Australian state of Western Australia.[2]

Amata xanthosoma
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. xanthosoma
Binomial name
Amata xanthosoma
(Turner, 1898)
Synonyms
  • Hydrusa xanthosoma Turner, 1898
  • Syntomis cremnotherma Lower, 1900
  • Amata tunneyi Rothschild, 1910

The wingspan is about 25 mm. Adults are yellow with brown spots.[3]

  1. "Amata (Genus)". ZipcodeZoo.com. Archived from the original on 7 June 2012.
  2. Savela, Markku (3 April 2019). "Amata xanthosoma (Turner, 1898)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  3. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (7 July 2017). "Amata xanthosoma (Turner, 1898) Yellow Tiger Moth". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 30 October 2019.


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