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Amata cuckoolandia de Freina, 2018

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Syntomini (tribe)/  Syntomina (subtribe)/  Amata (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:de Freina, 2018
Citation:Amata cuckoolandia sp. n.
Original genus:Amata
Publication:de Freina J. J. 2018a. Beschreibung von Amata cuckoolandia sp. n. aus dem montanen Regenwald Südwest-Ugandas (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Syntomini).
Journal:Nachrichten des entomologischen Vereins Apollo
Volume:38
Issue:4
Pagination:161–162, 164 figs 1–8, 14
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Amata cuckoolandia de Freina, 2018 Holotype ZSM Holotype ♂, genitalia slide J. J. de Freina 2016/31♂, [= MWM 31.886♂], ZSM Uganda Uganda, Bwindi Forest, Cuckooland Lodge, 1700 m, ab ovo from adults collected 27–30.iii.2013, leg. S. Fiebig & D. Stadie.
Amata cuckoolandia de Freina, 2018 Paratype ZSM Paratypes 11♂, 3♀, ZSM, coll. Stadie, Fiebig, Przybylowicz. Uganda Uganda, Bwindi Forest, Cuckooland Lodge, 1700 m, ab ovo from adults collected 27–30.iii.2013, leg. S. Fiebig & D. Stadie.
Plant note:

The caterpillars accepted several species of herbs in laboratory conditions (see J. J. de Freina 2018a: 164).

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