Eupterote fabia
Eupterote fabia | |
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Male Eupterote fabia (Cramer 1780), upperside, wing venation, head from lateral | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Eupterotidae |
Genus: | Eupterote |
Species: | E. fabia |
Binomial name | |
Eupterote fabia (Cramer, 1780) | |
Synonyms | |
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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
[edit]- Eupterote fabia fabia
- Eupterote fabia acuminalba van Eecke, 1924
- Eupterote fabia asemos Bryk, 1950
- Eupterote fabia ochripicta Moore, 1879 (Sri Lanka)
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "Taxonomy Browser: Eupterote fabia". Barcode of Life Data System. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ David, B. Vasantharaj & Ananthakrishnan, T. N. (2004) General and Applied Entomology. Tata McGraw-Hill. page 670.