Amata cyssea Stoll, 1782 is a animal in the Erebidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Amata cyssea Stoll, 1782

Amata cyssea Stoll, 1782

Amata cyssea, the handmaiden moth, is an Arctiinae moth described in 1782, found on the Indian subcontinent and Sri Lanka.

Family
Genus
Amata
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Amata cyssea Stoll, 1782

Amata cyssea (Stoll, 1782), commonly called the handmaiden moth, is a species of moth belonging to the subfamily Arctiinae. This species was first formally described by Caspar Stoll in 1782. Its known distribution covers the Indian subcontinent and Sri Lanka.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Erebidae Amata

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