Amata chrysozona (Hampson, 1898)

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Syntomini (tribe)/  Syntomina (subtribe)/  Amata (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Hampson, 1898)
Citation:	Syntomis chrysozona, n. sp.
Original genus:	Syntomis
Publication:	Hampson G. F. 1898a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. Syntomidae.
Journal:	—
Volume:	1
Issue:
Pagination:	90; pl. 3, fig. 21
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18408217

Amata chrysozona (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Amata chrysozona (Hampson, 1898)	Holotype	♀	NHMUK	Holotype ♀, NHMUK.	Tanzania	[Tanzania], E Africa, Usambara.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Amata chrysozona (Hampson, 1898)	Kenya		page BMNH
Amata chrysozona (Hampson, 1898)	Rwanda		Strand E. 1909d. Lepidoptera aus Deutsch-Ostafrika, gesammelt von Herrn Oberleutnant Wintgens. page 113
Amata chrysozona (Hampson, 1898)	Somalia		Zerny H. 1912b. Syntomidae. – In: Wagner, H. (Ed.): Lepidopterorum Catalogus. page 13
Amata chrysozona (Hampson, 1898)	Tanzania		Hampson G. F. 1898a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. Syntomidae. page 90
Amata chrysozona (Hampson, 1898)	Uganda		Kiriakoff S. G. 1958a. Ruwenzori Expedition 1952. – Arctiidae (Except Nolidae). page 27

Plant note:

Description of the larva in A. L. H. Townsend (1944: 15).

Townsend A. L. H. 1944. Further notes on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. Series IV.

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Amata chrysozona (Hampson, 1898)	Silene macrosolon	Caryophyllaceae	Kenya	Townsend A. L. H. 1944. Further notes on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. Series IV. page 15
Amata chrysozona (Hampson, 1898)	Undefined Grasses	Undefined		Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 175
Amata chrysozona (Hampson, 1898)	Undefined Grasses	Undefined	Kenya	Townsend A. L. H. 1944. Further notes on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. Series IV. page 15

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Amata chrysozona (1)

Amata chrysozona (2)

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