Amata kruegeri, or Ragusa's nine-spotted moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Emile Enrico Ragusa in 1904. It is found in southern and eastern Europe.
The larvae feed on various low-growing plants, including Plantago, Rumex, Galium and Taraxacum species.
Subspecies
- Amata kruegeri kruegeri (Sicily, Italy)
- Amata kruegeri albionica <small>Dufay, 1965</small> (southern France)
- Amata kruegeri marjana <small>(Stauder, 1913)</small> (former Yugoslavia)
- Amata kruegeri odessana <small>Obraztsov, 1935</small> (southern Ukraine)
- Amata kruegeri pedemontii <small>(Rocci, 1941)</small>
- Amata kruegeri quercii <small>(Verity, 1914)</small>
- Amata kruegeri sheljuzhkoi <small>(Obraztsov, 1966)</small> (Daghestan)
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