Amata caspia is a species of moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Otto Staudinger in 1877.[1] It is found in south-western Russia, the southern Ural Mountains, the Caucasus, Transcaspia, Kazakhstan and Turkey.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Amata |
| Species: | A. caspia
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| Amata caspia (Staudinger, 1877)
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The wingspan is 19–28 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing in June and July.
References
edit- ^ "Amata (Genus)". ZipcodeZoo.com. Archived from the original on 7 June 2012.
- ^ Savela, Markku (3 April 2019). "Amata caspia (Staudinger, 1877)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 29 October 2019.