Nine-spotted moth

Nine-spotted moth
Male
Female, ventral view
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Amata
Species:
A. phegea
Binomial name
Amata phegea
Synonyms[1]
List
  • Sphinx phegea Linnaeus, 1758
  • Syntomis phegea (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Sphinx ligata Allioni, 1766
  • Zygaena quercus Fabricius, 1793
  • Sphinx iphimedia Esper, [1804]
  • Spinx cloelia Esper, 1783
  • Spinx cloelia Esper, [1804]
  • Syntomis phegea bessarabica Stauder, 1924
  • Amata phegea bessarabica nat. kijevana Obraztsov, 1936
  • Amata (Syntomis) phegea phegea nat. ukrainica Obraztsov, 1966
  • Syntomis phegea orientalis Daniel, 1950

The nine-spotted moth or yellow belted burnet (Amata phegea, formerly Syntomis phegea) is a moth in the family Erebidae ("tiger moths"). The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.[2]

  1. ^ Savela, Markku (April 3, 2019). "Amata phegea (Linnaeus, 1758)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  2. ^ BioLib