Amata kruegeri

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Superfamily Noctuoidea Scientific name Amata kruegeri		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Family Erebidae Rank Species

Similar Amata, Amata mogadorensis, Amata alicia

Amata kruegeri, Ragusa's nine-spotted moth, is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in southern and eastern Europe.

The larvae feed on various low-growing plants, including Plantago, Rumex, Galium and Taraxacum species.

Subspecies

Amata kruegeri kruegeri (Sicily, Italy)

Amata kruegeri albionica Dufay, 1965 (southern France)

Amata kruegeri marjana (Stauder, 1913) (former Yugoslavia)

Amata kruegeri odessana Obraztsov, 1935 (southern Ukraine)

Amata kruegeri pedemontii (Rocci, 1941)

Amata kruegeri quercii (Verity, 1914)

Amata kruegeri sheljuzhkoi (Obraztsov, 1966) (Daghestan)

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