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Genus of moths From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ammatho is a genus in the moth family Erebidae. There are about 15 described species in Ammatho, found in South and Southeast Asia.[1][2]
Ammatho | |
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Ammatho cuneonotatus, India | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Tribe: | Lithosiini |
Subtribe: | Nudariina |
Genus: | Ammatho Walker, 1855 |
Type species | |
Ammatho cuneonotatus Walker, 1855 | |
Subgenera | |
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Ammatho formerly consisted of more than 75 species in 8 subgenera, but as a result of molecular phylogenetic research, most of the subgenera were elevated to genus rank and all but 15 of the species were moved the new genera.[2]
This genus was first described by Francis Walker in 1855.[3]
These 15 species belong to the genus Ammatho:[1]
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