Eupterote kalliesi

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Eupterote kalliesi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Clade: Euarthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Genus: Eupterote
Species:E. kalliesi
Binomial name
Eupterote kalliesi
Nässig, 2000

Eupterote kalliesi is a moth of the family Eupterotidae. It is found in Sumatra in an altitudal range of 2100-2600m.

Moth Group of mostly-nocturnal insects in the order Lepidoptera

Moths comprise a group of insects related to butterflies, belonging to the order Lepidoptera. Most lepidopterans are moths, and there are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.

Eupterotidae family of insects

Eupterotidae is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera with more than 300 described species.

Sumatra island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands

Sumatra is a large island in western Indonesia that is part of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island that is located entirely in Indonesia and the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2.

The length of its forewings is 35mm, the antennae 12 mm long, blackish and bipectinated.

Etymology

The species was named after its collector A. Kallies.

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