Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Superfamily Noctuoidea Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Family Erebidae | |
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Amata bicincta is a species of moth in the genus Amata (or Syntomis) of the family Arctiidae ("wooly bears" or "tiger moths"). It is also known as nine-spotted moth and handmaiden moth. It is a common day-flying warnignly colored moth. The adult is unpalatable to birds and other predators. It is found in the north-western Himalayas, Sikkim, Khasis and Bangladesh.
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