Amata cyssea

Stoll, 1782 · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Erebidae/Amata

At a glance

Occurrence records1 302

Data sources6

Biological traits0

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections6

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Amata cyssea's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 302 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI6 eDNA detections↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 302 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 2 countries6 detections

01Narrative

Amata cyssea, the handmaiden moth, is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Caspar Stoll in 1782. It is found on the Indian subcontinent and Sri Lanka. In Thrippunithura, Kerala, India

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding6 eDNA hits

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Amata cyssea has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

eDNA detections6

Countries2

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 302 records

Wild obs. + sensor1 293

Museum / vouchered9

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO3 372 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy77% within 1 km

≤100 m 387≤1 km 331≤10 km 143>10 km 66

927 georeferenced · 366 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor1 293

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 9 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence9

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Institution	Specimens
VBUlocation not on record	1

1 institutions · 1 of 9 vouchered records shown · 8 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA6 detections

Where the DNA of Amata cyssea was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found6

Studies independent surveys1

Countries2

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 6 detections have coordinates

Open the map2 countries0

1. Forest & Woodland|1.6. Subtropical/Tropic…

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median28.0 °C 26.1–29.0

Seasonal swing summer↔winter10.4 °C

Max temp (day)32.9 °C 30.2–33.6

Min temp (night)24.7 °C 19.6–25.7

Precipitation241 mm/mo 48.4–546

Air humidity62.5 % 50.6–67.6

Moisture balance58.6 mm/mo -123–381

Vapour deficit1,487 Pa 1,213–1,708

Wind speed3.50 m/s 2.40–5.10

Cloud cover33.4 % 24.6–46.2

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 4 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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Amata cyssea

At a glance

Sources6 archives

At a glance

Record type1 302 records

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Modelled climatemodelled

Record type1 302 records