The nine-spotted moth (Amata phegea also Syntomis phegea) A species in the family Erebidae ("tiger moths"). chiefly found in southern Europe but also seen up to northern Germany, and in the east to Anatolia and the Caucasus,[ It does not breed in the United Kingdom, but it is a very rare immigrant. The species prefers drier areas, open ranges with shrubs and trees as well as open forests and warm, sunny slopes. Orvieto, Umbria, Italy June 2018