Eupterote fabia

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Eupterote fabia
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Male Eupterote fabia (Cramer 1780), upperside, wing venation, head from lateral
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Genus: Eupterote
Species:
E. fabia
Binomial name
Eupterote fabia
(Cramer, 1780)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena fabiaCramer, [1779]
  • Eupterote luciaButler, 1885
  • Eurhodia acuminalbavan Eecke, 1924
  • Eupterote alterataMoore, 1884
  • Eupterote aurifluaMoore, 1884
  • Eupterote discordansButler, 1881
  • Eupterote fasciataMoore, 1887
  • Eupterote gyrasSwinhoe, 1885
  • Eupterote immutataMoore, 1884
  • Eupterote mutansWalker, 1855
  • Eupterote ochripictaMoore, 1879
  • Eupterote permutataMoore, 1884

Eupterote fabia is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1780. [1] It is found in India, [2] Sri Lanka and Bhutan.

The wingspan is 90–130 mm. The ground colour of the adults is bright yellow. [3]

The larvae feed on the leaves of cardamom and coffee. [4]

Subspecies

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Eupterote fabia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved October 17, 2018. Note: This source gives a year of description of 1799.
  2. "Taxonomy Browser: Eupterote fabia". Barcode of Life Data System. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  3. Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis. pp. 56–57 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. David, B. Vasantharaj & Ananthakrishnan, T. N. (2004) General and Applied Entomology. Tata McGraw-Hill. page 670.