Amata bicolor (Walker, 1854) (previously known as Euchromia bicolor) SYNTOMIINI,   CTENUCHINI,   ARCTIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(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.

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.

mating pair
(Photo: courtesy of Jay Cossey)

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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)