About: Amerila

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Amerila is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. A number of species in this genus have a special defence mechanism when they are in their adult stage. When disturbed, they exude a frothy yellow fluid from glands beside the eyes, while making a sizzling noise to ward off their attacker. Similar behaviour has been observed in fertilised females of the North-American moth Utetheisa ornatrix.

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  • Amerila is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. A number of species in this genus have a special defence mechanism when they are in their adult stage. When disturbed, they exude a frothy yellow fluid from glands beside the eyes, while making a sizzling noise to ward off their attacker. Similar behaviour has been observed in fertilised females of the North-American moth Utetheisa ornatrix. The genus is placed in a monotypic tribe Amerilini, described by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 2010. They are sometimes (e.g. in the "Erebidae" scheme) incorrectly merged into the Phaegopterini, but morphologically the tribe is related to Callimorphini. The elder name Rhodogastriini Kiriakoff, 1950 was based on incorrectly determined genus Rhodogastria (=Amerila in modern sense). (en)
  • Amerila est un genre de lépidoptères (papillons) de la famille des Erebidae. C'est l'unique genre de la tribu monotypique des Amerilini. Ces espèces sont originaires d'Afrique, d'Inde, d'Asie du Sud-Est, d'Australie, de Nouvelle-Guinée et des Îles Salomon. (fr)
  • Amerila is een geslacht van vlinders van de familie spinneruilen (Erebidae). (nl)
  • Amerila é um género de traça pertencente à família Arctiidae. São originarias da Austrália, da Índia, da Ásia e da África. (pt)
  • Amerila är ett släkte av fjärilar. Amerila ingår i familjen björnspinnare. (sv)
  • 玫灯蛾属(学名:Amerila)为灯蛾科的一个属。 (zh)
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  • Walker, 1855 (en)
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  • Q1312538 (en)
  • Q4745783 (en)
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  • Amerila crokeri (en)
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  • Dubatolov, 2010 (en)
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  • *Euthoracia (Hulstaert, 1923) *Canopus (Walker, 1855) *Phryganeomorpha (Wallengren, 1858) *Amblythyris (Mabille, 1879) *Gastrochrysia (Kiriakoff, 1954) (en)
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  • Amerila (en)
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  • Amerila est un genre de lépidoptères (papillons) de la famille des Erebidae. C'est l'unique genre de la tribu monotypique des Amerilini. Ces espèces sont originaires d'Afrique, d'Inde, d'Asie du Sud-Est, d'Australie, de Nouvelle-Guinée et des Îles Salomon. (fr)
  • Amerila is een geslacht van vlinders van de familie spinneruilen (Erebidae). (nl)
  • Amerila é um género de traça pertencente à família Arctiidae. São originarias da Austrália, da Índia, da Ásia e da África. (pt)
  • Amerila är ett släkte av fjärilar. Amerila ingår i familjen björnspinnare. (sv)
  • 玫灯蛾属(学名:Amerila)为灯蛾科的一个属。 (zh)
  • Amerila is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. A number of species in this genus have a special defence mechanism when they are in their adult stage. When disturbed, they exude a frothy yellow fluid from glands beside the eyes, while making a sizzling noise to ward off their attacker. Similar behaviour has been observed in fertilised females of the North-American moth Utetheisa ornatrix. (en)
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  • Amerila (en)
  • Amerila (fr)
  • Amerila (nl)
  • Amerila (pt)
  • Amerila (sv)
  • 玫灯蛾属 (zh)
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