Amphitorna excisa

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Amphitorna excisa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Amphitorna
Species:
A. excisa
Binomial name
Amphitorna excisa
(Warren, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Cyclura excisaWarren, 1897
  • Neoreta excisa

Amphitorna excisa is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by William Warren in 1897. [1] It is found in Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra. [2]

The wingspan is about 26 mm. The forewings are rufous fawn with a few brown striae. The lines are dark brown, the first from the costa shortly before the middle, acutely angled close to the costa, then oblique to near the base of the inner margin. The second from just beyond the middle, running obliquely outwards, with two bright brown velvety blotches on it, acutely angled outwards and incurved to near the middle of the inner margin. There is a minute white cell-dot. The hindwings have a whitish costal area and a fine slightly curved central brown line, with a dark brown cloud beyond it. [3]

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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 excisa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 10 July 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. Savela, Markku. "Amphitorna excisa (Warren, 1897)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  3. Novitates Zoologicae PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .