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Amata phegea
Family: ErebidaeGenus: Amatanative in Germany
native in Germany
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11
Plants
visited
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15
Interactions
documented
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1
Host plants
known
About this species
Amata phegea is a large moth recorded in Great Britain. Its presence status is currently indeterminate.
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Plant food
Yearly cycle
Adults fly in June and July. After mating, eggs are laid on various host plants. The larvae feed and then overwinter, completing their development the following year.
Merkmale
Körper
Body size
large
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
polyphagous
Overwintering
larva
Scientific profile
Amata phegea is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is a large species whose caterpillars are polyphagous, feeding on a variety of plants. The larvae overwinter and the adult moths are on the wing in June and July. In Great Britain the species is recorded, though its status is given as present indeterminate.
Host plants
1 plants serve as food for the larvae
Plantago lanceolata
Visited plants
10 plants are visited by this species
Eupatorium cannabinumSambucus racemosaErigeron annuusCirsium arvenseOriganum vulgareVincetoxicum hirundinaria subsp. hirundinariaSambucus ebulusDaucus carotaChaerophyllum temulumRubus ulmifolius
Sources & data origin
•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)
•Neff et al. (2025) — Swiss Moth Traits, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14506883 (CC BY)
•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)
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