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Amerila astreus is a moth of subfamily Arctiinae described by Dru Drury in 1773. It is found from the Oriental region (including India, Sri Lanka) to New Guinea.[1] The species is found in primary and secondary habitats ranging from lowlands to montane regions.[2]

Amerila astreus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Amerila
Species:	A. astreus
Binomial name
Amerila astreus (Drury, 1773)
Synonyms
Sphinx astreus Drury, 1773 Rhodogastria astreus Rhodogastria astraea (misspelling) Rhodogastria astrea (misspelling) Phalaena melanthus Cramer, 1780 Rhodogastria astreas hainana Rothschild, 1910 Creatonotos communis Walker, 1864 Rhodogastria astreus communis (Walker, 1864 [1865]) Rhodogastria astreus curtisi Rothschild, 1910 Rhodogastria astreus dohertyi Rothschild, 1914 Rhodogastria astreus druryi Rothschild, 1914 Rhodogastria astreus novaeguineae Rothschild, 1914 Rhodogastria communis minor Rothschild, 1916

Description

Its palpi are crimson, with a black spot on each joint. Antennae red brown, with the basal joint crimson. Head and thorax whitish fuscous, the head with two black spots. Collar with two pairs of spots. Three segments of thorax are each with a pair of spots. Forewings with hyaline (glass like), with two black spots at the base. The margins, apical area, and a band on discocellulars pale fuscous. Hindwings hyaline, with a marginal fuscous band. Legs crimson, with the outer side of the femora and tibia whitish fuscous. Larva greenish with slightly hairy body. There are sub-dorsal and lateral rows of small black spots. Spiracles brownish. Head yellow.[3]

Subspecies

• Amerila astreus astreus
• Amerila astreus communis (Walker, 1864)
• Amerila astreus curtisi (Rothschild, 1910)
• Amerila astreus novaeguineae (Rothschild, 1914)

References

• Cramer, P., 1780: De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Africa en America [Papillons Exotiques des trois parties du monde l'Asie, l'Afrique & l'Amerique] 3: 1-176, t. CXCII-CCLXXXVII, Amsterdam, Utrecht.
• Drury, D., 1773: Illustrations of Natural History. Wherein are exhibited upwards of two hundred and twenty figures of exotic insects, according to their different genera; very few of which have hitherto been figured by any author, being engraved and coloured from nature, with the greatest accuracy, and under the author's own inspection, on fifty copper-plates. With a particular description of each insect; interspersed with remarks and reflections on the nature and properties of many of them 2: 1-92, 50 pl., London.
• Dubatolov, V.V., 2010: Tiger-moths of Eurasia (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) (Nyctemerini by Rob de Vos & Vladimir V. Dubatolov). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 65: 1-106, Marktleuthen.
• Rothschild, W., 1910: Catalogue of the Arctianae in the Tring museum, with notes and descriptions of new species. Novitates Zoologicae 17 (1): 1-85, (2): 113-188, pl. XI-XIV, 18: pl. III-VI, London and Aylesbury.

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