Amata alicia

Amata alicia is a species of moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It occurs throughout Africa, from Morocco to South Africa.

Amata alicia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Amata
Species:
A. alicia
Binomial name
Amata alicia
(Butler, 1876)
Synonyms
  • Zygaena alicia Butler, 1876
  • Syntomis alicia (Butler, 1876)
  • Syntomis alicia var. apicalis Strand, 1909

The adults look similar to Amata cerbera.

Larvae feed on coffee plants,[1] Bidens pilosa, Cupressus, Dahlia and Manihot glaziovii.[2]

The amata alicia is commonly found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Mozambique, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[3]

Subspecies
  • Amata alicia alicia
  • Amata alicia damarensis (Grünberg, 1910)
  • Amata alicia hoggariensis (Alberti & Alberti, 1978)[4]

References
  1. "Flora of Zimbabwe: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Amata alicia". www.zimbabweflora.co.zw. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  2. "www.africanmoths.com". Archived from the original on 9 September 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  3. Maid, Alice. "Amata alicia African Moths". African Moths. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015.
  4. "Catalogue of Life - 30th June 2017 : Search for scientific names". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 12 July 2017.


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