Amata bicolor (Walker, 1854)
(previously known as Euchromia bicolor)
SYNTOMIINI,   CTENUCHINI,   ARCTIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
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and
Stella Crossley

Amata bicolor
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species has wings that are basically black except for white tips to the antennae, a yellow head, and transverse black and yellow bands on its abdomen. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

Amata bicolor
drawing by Arthur G. Butler, listed as Hydrusa bicolor,

Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum,
Part 1 (1877), Plate IX, fig. 1,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Gerstein Library, University of Toronto.

Specimens of this species have been taken in

  • Queensland.

    Amata bicolor
    mating pair
    (Photo: courtesy of Jay Cossey)


    Francis Walker,
    Lepidoptera Heterocera,
    List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
    Part 1 (1854), p. 255, No. 96.

    Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
    A Guide to Australian Moths,
    CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 13.


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    (updated 13 September 2010, 22 September 2017)