Amphitorna albipuncta
{{short description|Species of hook-tip moth}}
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| taxon = Amphitorna albipuncta
| authority = (Hampson, 1893)
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- Oreta albipuncta Hampson, [1893]
- Psiloreta albipuncta
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Amphitorna albipuncta is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1893.{{LepIndex |accessdate=10 July 2018}} It is found in Sri Lanka.{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/drepanoidea/drepanidae/drepaninae/amphitorna/#albipuncta |title=Amphitorna albipuncta (Hampson, [1893]) |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=August 5, 2018}}
Description
The wingspan is about 26 mm. Male with thickened antennae and flattened by the coalescing of the serrations.{{cite book |last=Hampson |first=G. F. |authorlink=George Hampson |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180068#page/377/mode/1up |title=The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I |publisher=Taylor and Francis |year=1892 |page=349 |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}} 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.[https://archive.org/stream/illustrationsoft09brituoft/illustrationsoft09brituoft_djvu.txt Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum. Edited by Arthur Gardiner Butler] {{PD-notice}}