Amata polymita

Tiger-striped clearwing moth
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Amata
Species:
A. polymita
Binomial name
Amata polymita
(Linnaeus, 1768)
Synonyms
  • Sphinx polymita Linnaeus, 1768
  • Syntomis polymita
  • Sphinx fenestrata Drury, 1773
  • Zygaena thelebus Fabricius, 1787

Amata polymita, the tiger-striped clearwing moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1768. It is found in China and Vietnam.

The wingspan is about 35 mm.

The larvae feed on Breynia fruticosa and Gyaura crepidioidea.

References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku (April 3, 2019). "Amata fenestrata (Walker, [1865])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 30, 2019. Note: This site has Amata polymita as a synonym of Amata fenestrata.