Eupterote epicharis

Eupterote epicharis is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by West in 1932. It is found in the Philippines.[1]

Eupterote epicharis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eupterotidae
Genus:	Eupterote
Species:	E. epicharis
Binomial name
Eupterote epicharis West, 1932

The wingspan is about 64 mm. The forewings are chamois, lightly suffused with brown for two-thirds and with the antemedial fascia consisting of a broad, excurved, warm sepia line from the costa subbasally to the inner margin antemedially. The medial fascia consists of two warm sepia lines and the postmedial fascia consists of two warm sepia lines. The subterminal area is suffused with brown in which is a fascia of seven broad, light buff lunules. The basal two-thirds of the hindwings is chamois and the distal third is suffused with brown. The medial fascia consists of two faintly marked, excurved, warm sepia lines and the postmedial fascia consists of two warm sepia, excurved lines. There is also a fascia of seven broad, light buff lunules in the subterminal area.[2]

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Eupterote epicharis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
2. Further descriptions of new species of Japanese, Formosan and Philippine Heterocera