Amata (moth)

Amata

Amata trigonophora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Tribe:	Syntomini
Genus:	Amata Fabricius, 1807
Type species
Zygaena passalis Fabricius, 1781
Synonyms
Syntomis Ochsenheimer, 1808 Buthysia Wallengren, 1863 Cacoethes Hübner, 1819 Coenochromia Hübner, [1819] Syntoma Billberg, 1820 Hydrusa Walker, 1854 Asinusca Wallengren, 1862 Asinutea Wallengren, 1863 Asinusca Wallengren, 1865 Callitomis Butler, 1876 Leopoldina Hering, 1934 Vitronaclia Griveaud, 1964

Amata is a genus of tiger moths in the Erebidae family.