Amphitorna 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]
| Amphitorna albipuncta | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Amphitorna |
| Species: | A. albipuncta |
| Binomial name | |
| Amphitorna albipuncta (Hampson, 1893) | |
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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]
References
- 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.
- Savela, Markku. "Amphitorna albipuncta (Hampson, [1893])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
- 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.
- Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum. Edited by Arthur Gardiner Butler
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