Biology:Amphitorna olga
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Short description: Species of hook-tip moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Amphitorna |
| Species: | A. olga
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| Binomial name | |
| Amphitorna olga (Swinhoe, 1894)
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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]
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
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). Expression error: Missing operand for trunc. "Amphitorna olga". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=Expression error: Missing operand for trunc..
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Amphitorna olga (Swinhoe, 1894)". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/drepanoidea/drepanidae/drepaninae/amphitorna/#olga. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
- ↑ Song, W.-H. ; D.-Y. Xue & H.-X. Han, 2012: Revision of Chinese Oretinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae). Zootaxa 3445: 1-36.
- ↑ Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (6) 14 (84): 434
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Wikidata ☰ Q19595884 entry
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