Amata huebneri
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Amata huebneri is a species of moth
in the genus Amata
of the family Arctiidae
("wooly bears" or "Tiger moths"). It is found from the Indo Australian Tropics to northern Australia
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Adults are black with yellow bands across the abdomen, and transparent windows in the wings. It is a wasp mimic.
The larvae feed on Oryza sativa
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Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
in the genus Amata
Amata (moth)
Amata is a genus of moth in the Arctiidae family.-Gallery:-Selected species:* Amata albionica Dufay, 1965* Amata annulata Fabricius, 1775* Amata antitheta Meyrick, 1886* Amata aperta Walker, 1865...
of the family Arctiidae
Arctiidae
Arctiidae is a large and diverse family of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species. This family includes the groups commonly known as tiger moths , which usually have bright colours, footmen , lichen moths and wasp moths...
("wooly bears" or "Tiger moths"). It is found from the Indo Australian Tropics to northern Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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Adults are black with yellow bands across the abdomen, and transparent windows in the wings. It is a wasp mimic.
The larvae feed on Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa, commonly known as Asian rice, is the plant species most commonly referred to in English as rice. Oryza sativa is the cereal with the smallest genome, consisting of just 430Mb across 12 chromosomes...
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