Eupterote pandya

Eupterote pandya is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1865.[1] It is found in India.

Eupterote pandya
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Genus: Eupterote
Species:
E. pandya
Binomial name
Eupterote pandya
(Moore, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Tagora pandya Moore, [1866]
  • Ganisa pandya
  • Pandala pandya
  • Ganisa pallida Butler, 1881
  • Pandala pandaya niassana Rothschild, 1917

Adults are greyish fawn-colour, the forewings with several transverse indistinct brown undulating lines, curving inwardly to the costa, bordered exteriorly by an oblique dark double line extending from the apex to the inner margin. The hindwings have a similar series of undulating lines and a dark-bordered double line. Both wings have a submarginal series of blackish spots.[2]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Eupterote pandya". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  2. On the lepidopterous insects of Bengal


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