Amata huebneri (Boisduval, [1828])
Wasp Moth
 (one synonym : Naclia cingulata Wallengren, 1860)
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Stella Crossley

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

This Caterpillar has been found feeding on:

  • Rice ( Oryza sativa, POACEAE ).

    Amata huebneri
    drawing by Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Dechauffour de Boisduval,
    Essai sur une Monographie des Zygénides, suivi du Tableau Méthodique, des Lépidoptères d'Europe,
    1829, Plate VIII, fig. 4,
    image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Library.

    The adult moths of this species are black with yellow bands across the abdomen, and translucent windows in the wings. The forewings have approximately twice the span of the hindwings. It superficially resembles many stinging wasp species, although it is itself cannot sting. This mimicry may give it some protection from predators such as birds.

    The species occurs across south-east Asia, including

  • Bali,
  • Borneo,
  • India,
  • Singapore,

    as well as in Australia in

  • Northern Territory,
  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    Further reading :

    Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Dechauffour de Boisduval,
    Essai sur une Monographie des Zygénides, suivi du Tableau Méthodique, des Lépidoptères d'Europe,
    1829, pp. 127-128, and also Plate 8, fig. 4.

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    (updated 2 January 2012, 9 July 2017, 26 August 2021)