''Ammalo'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
moths
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (suborder Rhopalocera) a ...
in the subtribe
Phaegopterina
The Phaegopterina are a subtribe of tiger moths in the tribe Arctiini, which is part of the family Erebidae. The subtribe was described by William Forsell Kirby in 1892. 469 species of Phaegopterina are present and 52 that are recently discovere ...
in the family
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwin ...
. The genus was erected by
Francis Walker in 1855.
Species
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Ammalo ammaloides''
(Rothschild, 1909) Peru, Brazil (Amazonas)
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Ammalo buritiensis''
Rego Barros, 1974 Brazil (Mato Grosso)
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Ammalo helops''
(Cramer, 775
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Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, Jamaica, Cuba, Hait, Granada, Tridinad, Amazonas, Brazil, Venezuela, Surinam, Peru, Colombia
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Ammalo klagesi''
Rothschild, 1909 Brazil (Amazonas), French Guiana
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Ammalo pachycera''
(Seitz, 1922) Bolivia
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Ammalo peruviana''
Rothschild, 1922 Peru
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Ammalo ramsdeni''
Schaus, 1924 Cuba
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Ammalo travassosi''
Rego Barros, 1974 Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
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Ammalo trujillaria''
Dognin, 1905 Peru
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Ammalo violitincta''
Rothschild, 1922 Brazil (Pará)
References
Phaegopterina
Noctuoidea genera
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