Amphitorna albipuncta

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Amphitorna albipuncta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Amphitorna
Species:
A. albipuncta
Binomial name
Amphitorna albipuncta
(Hampson, 1893)
Synonyms
  • Oreta albipunctaHampson, [1893]
  • Psiloreta albipuncta

Amphitorna albipuncta is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1893. [1] It is found in Sri Lanka. [2]

Description

The wingspan is about 26 mm. Male with thickened antennae and flattened by the coalescing of the serrations. [3] Adults are ochraceous chestnut, with numerous black strigae, the forewings with an indistinct medial inwardly-oblique darker band and a white spot at the end of the cell. There is a postmedial band with a pale outer edge, angled below the costa, as well as an indistinct subapical dusky patch. The hindwings have a pale costal area and a medial oblique pale-edged band continuous with the postmedial band of the forewings, and not continued across the pale costal area. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Amphitorna albipuncta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 10 July 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Amphitorna albipuncta (Hampson, [1893])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  3. ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis. p. 349 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. ↑ Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum. Edited by Arthur Gardiner Butler PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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