Amata huebneri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Arctiidae |
Genus: | Amata |
Species: | A. huebneri |
Binomial name | |
Amata huebneri (Boisduval, 1828)[1] |
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Amata huebneri is a species of moth in the genus Amata of the family Arctiidae ("wooly bears" or "Tiger moths").[2] It is found from the Indo Australian Tropics to northern Australia.[3]
Adults are black with yellow bands across the abdomen, and transparent windows in the wings. It is a wasp mimic.[4]
The larvae feed on Oryza sativa.