# Amata (moth)

Amata is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1807.

## Selected species

* Amata albapex Hampson, 1893
* Amata albionica Dufay, 1965
* Amata albobasis Kiriakoff, 1954
* Amata alenicola (Strand, 1912)
* Amata alicia (Butler, 1876)
* Amata annulata Fabricius, 1775
* Amata antitheta Meyrick, 1886
* Amata aperta Walker, 1865
* Amata atricornis (Wallengren, 1863)
* Amata atricornuta Gaede, 1926
* Amata attenuata Rothschild, 1910
* Amata basithyris Hampson, 1914
* Amata benitonis (Strand, 1912)
* Amata bicincta Kollar, 1844
* Amata bicolor Walker, 1854
* Amata bifasciata (Hopffer, 1857)
* Amata bondo (Kiriakoff, 1965)
* Amata borguensis (Hampson, 1901)
* Amata borneogena Obraztsov, 1955
* Amata burtti (Distant, 1900)
* Amata caerulescens (Druce, 1898)
* Amata cantori Moore, 1859
* Amata caspia Staudinger, 1877
* Amata cerbera (Linnaeus, 1764)
* Amata ceres (Oberthür, 1878)
* Amata chariessa (Jordan, 1936)
* Amata chloroscia (Hampson, 1901)
* Amata cholmlei (Hampson, 1907)
* Amata chlorometis Meyrick, 1886
* Amata choneutospila Turner, 1905
* Amata chroma Swinhoe, 1892
* Amata chromatica Turner, 1905
* Amata chrysozona (Hampson, 1898)
* Amata congener (Hampson, 1901)
* Amata consimilis (Hampson, 1901)
* Amata creobota (Holland, 1893)
* Amata croceizona (Hampson, 1910)
* Amata cuprizonata (Hampson, 1901)
* Amata cyanea Hampson, 1914
* Amata cyanura Meyrick, 1886
* Amata cyssea Stoll, 1782
* Amata decorata Walker, 1862
* Amata dilatata Snellen, 1881
* Amata dilateralis (Hampson, 1898)
* Amata discata (Druce, 1898)
* Amata dissimilis (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
* Amata distorta (Rothschild, 1910)
* Amata divalis (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
* Amata dohertyi (Hampson, 1898)
* Amata dyschlaena Turner, 1905
* Amata elongimacula Hampson, 1898
* Amata endocrocis (Hampson, 1903)
* Amata exapta Swinhow, 1892
* Amata expandens Walker, 1862
* Amata flavoanalis (Seitz, 1926)
* Amata fortunei (d'Orza, 1869) – white-spotted moth
* Amata francisca (Butler, 1876)
* Amata fruhstorferi (Hampson, 1898)
* Amata gigas (Rothschild, 1910)
* Amata gil Witt et al., 2007
* Amata goodii (Holland, 1893)
* Amata hellei (Romieux, 1935)
* Amata hemiphoenica (Hampson, 1910)
* Amata heptaspila Turner, 1905
* Amata hesperitis Meyrick, 1886
* Amata huebneri Boisduval, 1828
* Amata humeralis Butler, 1876
* Amata hyalota Meyrick, 1886
* Amata hypomela Kiriakoff, 1954
* Amata insularis Butler, 1876
* Amata interniplaga (Mabille, 1890)
* Amata jacksoni Rothschild, 1910
* Amata janenschi Seitz, 1926
* Amata johanna (Butler, 1876)
* Amata kenredi (Rothschild, 1910)
* Amata kinensis Hampson, 1898
* Amata kruegeri Ragusa, 1904
* Amata kuhlweini (Lefèbvre, 1832)
* Amata lagosensis (Hampson, 1907)
* Amata lampetis Turner, 1898
* Amata lateralis (Boisduval, 1836)
* Amata leimacis (Holland, 1893)
* Amata leucacma Meyrick, 1886
* Amata leucerythra (Holland, 1893)
* Amata leucosoma (Butler, 1876)
* Amata lucta Lucas, 1901
* Amata luzonensis (Wileman & West, 1925)
* Amata macroflavifer Holloway, 1988
* Amata macroplaca Meyrick, 1886
* Amata magistri Turner, 1905
* Amata magnopupillata Berio, 1941
* Amata magrettii Berio, 1937
* Amata marella Butler, 1876
* Amata marina (Butler, 1876)
* Amata marinoides Kiriakoff, 1954
* Amata marjana Stauder, 1913
* Amata melitospila Turner, 1905
* Amata mestralii Bugnion, 1837
* Amata miozona (Hampson, 1910)
* Amata mjobergi Talbot, 1926
* Amata mogadorensis Blachier, 1908
* Amata monothyris Hampson, 1914
* Amata monticola (Aurivillius, 1910)
* Amata multicincta (Hampson, 1914)
* Amata multifasciata (Hampson, [1893])
* Amata nigriceps Butler, 1876
* Amata nigricilia (Strand, 1912)
* Amata nigricornis Alphéraky, 1883
* Amata nigrobasalis Rothschild, 1910
* Amata ntebi (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
* Amata obraztsovi Kiriakoff, 1954
* Amata ochrospila Turner, 1922
* Amata olinda Swinhoe, 1892
* Amata orphnaea Turner, 1898
* Amata pactolina Walker, 1865
* Amata paradelpha Turner, 1905
* Amata paraula Meyrick, 1886
* Amata passalis (Fabricius, 1781)
* Amata pembertoni Rothschild, 1910
* Amata perixanthia (Hampson, 1898)
* Amata pfeifferae (Moore, 1859)
* Amata phaeobasis (Hampson, 1907)
* Amata phaeochyta Turner, 1907
* Amata phaeososma Hampson, 1914
* Amata phaeozona (Zerny, 1912)
* Amata phegea Linnaeus, 1758 – nine-spotted moth
* Amata phepsalotis Meyrick, 1886
* Amata phoenicia (Hampson, 1898)
* Amata pleurosticta (Hampson, 1898)
* Amata ploetzi (Strand, 1912)
* Amata polidamon (Cramer, 1779)
* Amata polymita Linnaeus, 1768 – tiger-striped clearwing moth
* Amata polyxo (Fawcett, 1918)
* Amata prepuncta Holloway, 1988
* Amata prosomoea Turner, 1905
* Amata pryeri Hampson, 1898
* Amata pseudextensa Rothschild, 1910
* Amata pseudosimplex de Freina, 2013
* Amata pyrocoma Meyrick, 1886
* Amata ragazzii Turati, 1917
* Amata recedens Lucas, 1891
* Amata rendalli (Distant, 1897)
* Amata romeii Berio, 1941
* Amata rubritincta (Hampson, 1903)
* Amata rufina (Oberthür, 1878)
* Amata schoutedeni Kiriakoff, 1954
* Amata shirakii (Sonan, 1941)
* Amata shoa (Hampson, 1898)
* Amata similis (Le Cerf, 1922)
* Amata simplex (Walker, 1854)
* Amata soror (Le Cerf, 1922)
* Amata sperbius (Fabricius, 1787)
* Amata stanleyi (Kiriakoff, 1965)
* Amata stenoptera (Zerny, 1912)
* Amata stictoptera Rothschild, 1910
* Amata symphona Swinhoe, 1907
* Amata syntomoides Butler, 1876
* Amata teinopera Hampson, 1898
* Amata tenera Hulstaert, 1923
* Amata tetragonaria Walker, 1862
* Amata thoracica Moore, 1877
* Amata tomasina (Butler, 1876)
* Amata trifascia Holloway, 1976
* Amata trigonophora Turner, 1898
* Amata tripunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
* Amata tritonia (Hampson, 1911)
* Amata uelleburgensis (Strand, 1912)
* Amata velatipennis (Walker, 1864)
* Amata vicarians Holloway, 1988
* Amata waldowi (Grünberg, 1907)
* Amata wallacei (Moore, 1859)
* Amata williami Rothschild, 1910
* Amata xanthopleura Hampson, 1914
* Amata xanthosoma Turner, 1898
* Amata xanthura Turner, 1905

## Gallery

| Amata phegea | Amata species - mating |
| Amata alicia | Amata fortunei |
| Amata perixanthia | Amata polymita |