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Amphitorna albipuncta

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Amphitorna albipuncta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Amphitorna
Species:
A. albipuncta
Binomial name
Amphitorna albipuncta
(Hampson, 1893)
Synonyms
  • Oreta albipuncta Hampson, [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

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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]

References

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  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. Edit this at Wikidata
  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 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.