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Amata phegea
Nine-spotted moth (Amata phegea or Syntomis phegea), Weissfleckwidderchen, Visegrad (Plintenburg), Hungary
Interesting fact: Although is looks like a Zygaenidae sp. there is no relationship between the two, beside that this day-active moth is mimicrying the poisenous (for birds) Zygaena ephialtes, which shows an extremely variable polymorphism. Key issue for differencial diagnosis would be: Syntomis phegea has only white spots on the forewing!
Spotted on Oct 30, 2010
Submitted on Jul 25, 2012
![[g] Amata - mating](https://lh5.ggpht.com/6CLt1c74FWbLG9HU9ZZI7zPT0hyj1r3Pgld_4wTQF95aiEG-5m23RTYL69LKwWnmRk86XsXnbsuyL8wM5M4=s62-c)
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beautiful moth