Amphitorna olga

Amphitorna olga is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Swinhoe in 1894.[1] It is found in north-eastern India[2] and China (Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Sichuan, Yunnan).[3]

Amphitorna olga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Amphitorna
Species:
A. olga
Binomial name
Amphitorna olga
(Swinhoe, 1894)
Synonyms
  • Oreta olga Swinhoe, 1894
  • Neoreta olga
  • Oreta loga

Adults are brown, tinged with yellow, sparsely striated with brown. The forewings have a slight white smear below the apex and both wings are crossed by a brown medial curved line, outwardly marked with ochreous grey, this line is sharply bent inwards below the costa of the forewings, and is angled outwards above the middle in the hindwings.[4]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Amphitorna olga". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Amphitorna olga (Swinhoe, 1894)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  3. Song, W.-H. ; D.-Y. Xue & H.-X. Han, 2012: Revision of Chinese Oretinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae). Zootaxa 3445: 1-36.
  4. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (6) 14 (84): 434 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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