Amata nigriceps Butler, 1876 is a animal in the Erebidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Amata nigriceps Butler, 1876

Amata nigriceps Butler, 1876

Amata nigriceps is a Erebidae moth species described in 1876 that occurs in eastern Australia.

Family
Genus
Amata
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Amata nigriceps Butler, 1876

Amata nigriceps (Butler, 1876) is a moth species belonging to the family Erebidae. This species was first formally described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1876. It is endemic to Australia, with confirmed recorded occurrences in the regions of Queensland and New South Wales.

Photo: (c) Torbjorn von Strokirch, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Torbjorn von Strokirch · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Erebidae Amata

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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