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 ![]() | |
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 | |
|
The wingspan is about 25 mm. Adults are yellow with brown spots.[3]
Taxon identifiers |
|
---|
This Amata-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |