Amphitorna lechriodes

Amphitorna lechriodes is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1926.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland[2] and New South Wales.[3]

Amphitorna lechriodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Amphitorna
Species:
A. lechriodes
Binomial name
Amphitorna lechriodes
Turner, 1926
Synonyms
  • Cyclura lechriodes

The wingspan is about 32 mm for males and 38 mm for females. The forewings are reddish ochreous with some darker irroration (sprinkles). There is an outwardly oblique dark reddish line from two-thirds of the costa to vein 6, there angled and inwardly oblique to three-fifths of the dorsum. The hindwings have a gently sinuate termen and are similar to the forewings, but the transverse line from the mid-dorsum is straight.[4]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Amphitorna lechriodes". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Amphitorna lechriodes Turner, 1926". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  3. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (2 April 2012). "Cyclura lechriodes (Turner, 1926)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  4. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 51 : 414


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