Subfamily Arctiinae | Family Arctiidae Rank Genus | |
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Lower classifications Amerila crokeri, Amerila omissa |
Amerila is a genus of moth in the family Arctiidae. A number of species in this genus have a special defence mechanism when they are in their adult stage. When disturbed, they exude a frothy yellow fluid from glands beside the eyes, while making a sizzling noise to ward off their attacker. Similar behaviour has been observed in fertilised females of the North-American moth Utetheisa ornatrix.
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Antique banwa nga hamili katz amerila
Species
Incorrectly placed species
Note
Caryatis species are not morphologically related to Amerila.
References
Amerila Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA