Amata alicia
| Amata alicia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Arctiidae |
| Genus: | Amata |
| Species: | A. alicia |
| Binomial name | |
| Amata alicia (Butler, 1876) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Amata alicia is a species of moth of the Arctiidae family. It occurs throughout Africa, from Morocco to South Africa.
The adults look similar to Amata cerbera.
Larvae feed on coffee plants,[1] Bidens pilosa, Cupressus, Dahlia and Manihot glaziovii.[2]
Subspecies
- Amata alicia alicia
- Amata alicia damarensis (Grünberg, 1910)
- Amata alicia hoggariensis (Alberti & Alberti, 1978)[3]