Eupterote fabia

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.

Eupterote fabia
Male Eupterote fabia (Cramer 1780), upperside, wing venation, head from lateral
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eupterotidae
Genus:	Eupterote
Species:	E. fabia
Binomial name
Eupterote fabia (Cramer, 1780)
Synonyms
Phalaena fabia Cramer, [1779] Eupterote lucia Butler, 1885 Eurhodia acuminalba van Eecke, 1924 Eupterote alterata Moore, 1884 Eupterote auriflua Moore, 1884 Eupterote discordans Butler, 1881 Eupterote fasciata Moore, 1887 Eupterote gyras Swinhoe, 1885 Eupterote immutata Moore, 1884 Eupterote mutans Walker, 1855 Eupterote ochripicta Moore, 1879 Eupterote permutata Moore, 1884

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

• Eupterote fabia fabia
• Eupterote fabia acuminalba van Eecke, 1924
• Eupterote fabia asemos Bryk, 1950
• Eupterote fabia ochripicta Moore, 1879 (Sri Lanka)

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.