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Amata fortunei, the white-spotted moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by d'Orza in 1869. It is found in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.[1]

White-spotted moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Amata
Species:	A. fortunei
Binomial name
Amata fortunei (d'Orza, 1869)
Synonyms
Syntomis fortunei d'Orza, 1869 Syntomis erebina Butler, 1881

The wingspan is 30–37 mm.[2] It is a day-flying species. There are two generations per year, with adults on wing from early June to mid July and again from mid August to mid September.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Trifolium repens, Taraxacum species, Equisetum arvense and Typha angustifolia.[3] They are known to eat dead leaves as well as living tissue.

Subspecies

• Amata fortunei fortunei (Japan)
• Amata fortunei matsumurai (Sonan, 1941) (Taiwan)

References

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