Amata passalis

Amata passalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Genus:Amata
Species: A. passalis
Binomial name
Amata passalis
(Fabricius, 1781)
Synonyms
  • Zygaena passalis Fabricius, 1781
  • Zygaena cerbera Sulzer, 1776
  • Sphinx creusa Cramer, 1779
  • Syntomis latreillei Boisduval, 1829
  • Syntomis montana Butler, 1876
  • Syntomis passalis

Amata passalis is a species of moth of the family Erebidae, found in Sri Lanka and India.[1] It is known mainly as a defoliator of sandalwood (Santalum album) in India and hence often called as the sandlewood defoliator. It is also recorded on various alternate food plants.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Amata at funet
  2. ↑ "Biology of the sandalwood defoliator, Amata passalis (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) on alternate host plants".


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