Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea
Family
Erebidae
Subfamily
Arctiinae
Tribe/Subtribe
Syntomini
Genus
Amata Fabricius, 1807
Type Species
Zygaena passalis Fabricius, 1781
= Glaucopis Hübner, [1806] (TS: Sphinx phegea Linnaeus, 1758)
= Syntomis Ochsenheimer, 1808 (TS: Sphinx phegea Linnaeus, 1758)
= Hydrusa Walker, 1854 (TS: Euchromia bicolor Walker, 1854)
= Asinusca Wallengren, 1862 (TS: Asinutea atricornis Wallengren, 1863)
= Buthysia Wallengren, 1863 (TS: Buthysia sangaris Wallengren, 1863)
Species/Subspecies
Amata pleurasticta Hampson, 1901
Type Locality
Kanara, Siddapah
=Ceryx laterimacula Zerny, 1912; in Wagner: 8
Remarks
Ceryx pleurosticta Hampson, 1898 (Borneo, Sandakan) is often mistaken with this species as have only minor difference in spellings
Distribution
Specific Records
Kanara
States/Union Territories
Karnataka, Maharashtra
Bio Geographic Zones/Zones
Coasts, Western Ghats
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