Hübner’s Wasp moth

Amata huebneri

Description

Amata huebneri (Wasp moth) has small body and black with orange bands across the abdomen. this moth mimicry to bees to give protection from the predator. It has two black antennas with white on the end. It has four wings, where the forewings are bigger in size than the hindwings. The wings are black and triangular in shape, it also has translucent windows in the wings.

Population Size

Unknown

Life Span

-

WEIGHT​

-

LENGTH

Wingspan is about 22-24 mm

Ar

Arboreal

Di

Diurnal

He

Herbivore

Te

Terrestrial

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Arthropoda

CLASS

:

Insecta

ORDER

:

Lepidoptera

FAMILY

:

Erebidae

GENUS

:

Amata

SPECIES

:

Amata huebneri

Distribution

Amata huebneri could be found in ricefields, parks, and plantanation.

Geography

Continent : Asia and Australia

Country : Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, North Australia.

Habits and Lifestyle

When resting, the wings always look unfold. It flies slowly and perch on a bush that is not too tall.

Lifestyle

Arboreal, Terrestrial

Biome

Tropical rain forest

Climate Zone

Tropical

Diet and Nutrition

The larvae eats the leaves of host tree like rice, while the adult eats flowers nectar.

Diet : Herbivore (Folivore) (Larvae), Nectivore (Adults)

Mating Habits

Male and female mating by joining the end of the abdomen back to back. The female then release the eggs on the underside of the leaves of the host tree.

Reproduction session : –

Incubation periods : –

Independent age : at birth

Baby name : –

Baby carrying : –

Population

Population status : Not Evaluated (NE)

NE

DD

LC

NT

VU

EN

CR

EW

EX

Population threats​

Birds

PHOTO GALLERY

Reference

  1. inaturalist.ca
  2. lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au
  3. id.wikipedia.org
  4. wiki.nus.edu.sg