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Hübner's Wasp Moth

Amata huebneri

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24 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Singapore.January 163, February 182, March 174, April 201, May 258, June 262, July 371, August 357, September 268, October 283, November 241, December 180.
Singapore2,940
NORTH REGION1,272
WEST REGION487
Malaysia486
Indonesia441
EAST REGION213
Selangor181
Thailand128
West Java114
Bali79

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyUnderwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths · Erebidae
GenusHandmaidens · Amata

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