Amphitorna castanea is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1891.[1] It is found in India's Nilgiri Mountains.[2]
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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. castanea
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| Binomial name | |
| Amphitorna castanea (Hampson, 1891)
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The wingspan is 28–36 mm. Adults are pale reddish brown, the wings evenly striated with brown. There is an oblique line from the apex of the forewings to the middle of the inner margin of the hindwings, bent near the apex, where there is a deep black spot above it. There are traces of a dark antemedial line on the forewings and the costa is red-brown. There is a white speck on the discocellulars.[3]
References edit
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Amphitorna castanea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Amphitorna castanea (Hampson, 1891)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis. p. 350 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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