Arctiidae Syntominae Amata mogadorensis Amata ragazzii
Amata phegea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Nine-spotted

Genus: Amata Fabricius, 1807   Original genus: Sphinx Linnaeus, 1758

Synonims (genus):
   Syntomis Ochsenheimer, 1808

A. phegea (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult, Manziana (Roma), Italy, May 1995
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
A. phegea (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult (male), Roma, Italy, June 1994
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
A. phegea (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult (male), Subiaco (Roma), Italy, July 1989
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
A. phegea (© Raniero Panfili)
Adults (mating), Ceccano, località S. Ermete (Frosinone), Italy, June 21, 2003
(Photo by Raniero Panfili)
A. phegea (© Henk Dikkema)
Adult (male), San Gimignano, Italy, July 22, 2002
(Photo by Henk Dikkema, Vlinders)
A. phegea (© Daniel Morel)
Adult (male), Vallouise (05), Puy Aillaud, France, July 21, 2004
(Photo by Daniel Morel)
A. phegea (© Paolo Mazzei)
Larva, Roma, Italy, April 1990
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
A. phegea (© Paolo Mazzei)
Pupae, Roma, Italy, April 1988
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

Foodplants:
Plantago, Rumex, Galium, Gramineae, Taraxacum and other low plants

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