Amata huebneri

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| taxon = Amata huebneri

| authority = (Boisduval, 1829){{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |date=3 April 2019 |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/ctenuchinae/amata/#huebneri |title=Amata huebneri (Boisduval, 1829) |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=30 October 2019}}

| synonyms =

  • Syntomis hübneri Boisduval, 1829
  • Syntomis marsdeni Moore, 1859
  • Syntomis xanthomela Walker, 1860
  • Naclia cingulata Wallengren, 1860
  • Buthysia sangaris Wallengren, 1863
  • Syntomis contermina Walker, [1865]
  • Hydrusa pyrrhodera Meyrick, 1886
  • Syntomis frustulenta Swinhoe, 1892
  • Syntomis sala Swinhoe, 1902

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Amata huebneri, commonly known as Hübner's Wasp Moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae (subfamily Arctiinae - "woolly bears" or "tiger moths"). The species was first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1829.{{cite web |url=http://zipcodezoo.com/Key/Animalia/Amata_Genus.asp |title=Amata (Genus) |website=ZipcodeZoo.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607003811/http://zipcodezoo.com/Key/Animalia/Amata_Genus.asp |archive-date=7 June 2012}} It is found from the Indo Australian tropics to northern Australia.{{cite web |last=Holloway |first=Jeremy Daniel |url=http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-6/syntominae/syntominae-1-33.php |title=Amata huebneri Boisduval |website=The Moths of Borneo |accessdate=30 October 2019}}

Adults are black with yellow bands across the abdomen, and transparent windows in the wings. It is a wasp mimic.{{cite web |last1=Herbison-Evans |first1=Don |last2=Crossley |first2=Stella |name-list-style=amp |date=9 July 2017 |url=http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/arct/huebneri.html |title=Amata huebneri (Boisduval, [1828]) Wasp Moth |website=Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths |accessdate=30 October 2019}} Note: This source appears to have the wrong year.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Oryza sativa, Mikania micrantha, Oxalis barrelieri and Ipomoea batatas.

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