Biology:Eupterote fabia
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Short description: Species of moth
| Eupterote fabia | |
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| Male Eupterote fabia (Cramer 1780), upperside, wing venation, head from lateral | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Eupterotidae |
| Genus: | Eupterote |
| Species: | E. fabia
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| Binomial name | |
| Eupterote fabia (Cramer, 1780)
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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
- Eupterote fabia fabia
- Eupterote fabia acuminalba van Eecke, 1924
- Eupterote fabia asemos Bryk, 1950
- Eupterote fabia ochripicta Moore, 1879 (Sri Lanka)
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Eupterote fabia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=57920. Note: This source gives a year of description of 1799.
- ↑ "Taxonomy Browser: Eupterote fabia". http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=572563. 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. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180068#page/84/mode/1up.
- ↑ David, B. Vasantharaj & Ananthakrishnan, T. N. (2004) General and Applied Entomology. Tata McGraw-Hill. page 670.
Wikidata ☰ Q13477519 entry
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