Neoreta albipuncta
Species of hook-tip moth
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Neoreta albipuncta is a species of moth in the family Drepanidae. It was first described in 1893 by George Hampson.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka.[2]
| Neoreta albipuncta | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Neoreta |
| Species: | N. albipuncta |
| Binomial name | |
| Neoreta albipuncta (Hampson, 1893) | |
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Description
The wingspan is about 26 mm. Male with thickened antennae and flattened by the coalescing of the serrations.[3] 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.[4]
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