Amphitorna trogoptera

Amphitorna trogoptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Amphitorna
Species: A. trogoptera
Binomial name
Amphitorna trogoptera
(Rothschild, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Oreta trogoptera Rothschild, 1915
  • Procampsis trogoptera Warren, 1923

Amphitorna trogoptera is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It was described by Rothschild in 1915.[1] It is found in New Guinea (West Irian).[2]

The wingspan is about 34 mm. The basal part of the forewings is black-brown variegated with buffish cinnamon, while the costal area is buffish cinnamon. There is an oblique brown-black transverse line just beyond the middle of the wing with two dark crimson streaks across its upper end. The outer area is black-brown and the apical area and short streaks of varying length running in from the fringe along veins 4, 5, 6 and 7 are buff. There is a small white stigma. The costal area of the hindwings is buffy cinnamon, while the rest of the wing is black-brown. An antemedian brown-black line runs in from the abdominal margin to the pale costal area ; fringe dark crimson.[3]

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