Amerila timolis

Timolis' frother
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Amerila
Species:	A. timolis
Binomial name
	Amerila timolis; (Rothschild, 1914)
Synonyms
	Rhodogastria timolis Rothschild, 1914 ; Rhodogastria timiolis Turner, 1915 ; Rhodogastria timolis papuana Rothschild, 1914 ; Amerila timolis tenebrosa ; Rhodogastria timolis tenebrosa Rothschild, 1916 ;

Amerila timolis, or Timolis' frother, is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1914. It is found in New Guinea and Queensland, Australia.

The forewings are pale brown with large translucent windows that have a dark brown bar. The hindwings are pale brown.^[1]

Subspecies[]

Amerila timolis timolis (Australia: Queensland)
Amerila timolis papuana (Rothschild, 1914) (Papua New Guinea, Vulcan Island: Manam)^[2]

References[]

^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (21 June 2018). "Amerila timolis (Rothschild, 1914) Timolis' Frother". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
^ De Vos, Rob. "Amerila timolis (Rothschild, 1914) | The Tigermoths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini) of Papua Indonesia". Papua-Insects.nl. The Papua Insects Foundation. Retrieved October 31, 2019.

Rothschild, W. (1914). "Arctiidae, subfamilie Arctiinae". In: Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. 10: 236-263, Taf. 13, 19-30, Alfred Kernen: Stuttgart.
Turner, A. J. (1915). "Studies in Australian Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland. 27: 11-57, Brisbane.

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[1] Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (21 June 2018). "Amerila timolis (Rothschild, 1914) Timolis' Frother". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 31 October 2019.

[2] De Vos, Rob. "Amerila timolis (Rothschild, 1914) | The Tigermoths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini) of Papua Indonesia". Papua-Insects.nl. The Papua Insects Foundation. Retrieved October 31, 2019.

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