Species Amata antitheta (Meyrick, 1886)

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• Hydrusa antitheta Meyrick, E. 1886. Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2-n.s. 1(3): 687-802 [779].
• Hydrusa anepsia Meyrick, E. 1886. Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2-n.s. 1(3): 687-802 [779].
• Syntomis antitheta mikroplaga Seitz, A. 1913. Syntomidae. Pp. 61-92, pls 9-12 in Seitz, A. (ed.). [1912-1913]. The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 10. Bombyces and Sphinges of the Indo-Australian Region. 2 vols. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Verlag 909 pp., 100 pls. [76].
• Syntomis antitheta ochreipicta Seitz, A. 1913. Syntomidae. Pp. 61-92, pls 9-12 in Seitz, A. (ed.). [1912-1913]. The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 10. Bombyces and Sphinges of the Indo-Australian Region. 2 vols. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Verlag 909 pp., 100 pls. [76].

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

General References

Edwards, E.D. 1996. Arctiidae. pp.278-286 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [285] (Note #566: Amata antitheta (Meyrick, 1886) and A. anepsia (Meyrick, 1886) were published simultaneously. Priority was given to A. antitheta (Meyrick) by Turner (1905a) as first reviser)

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