Biology:Eupterote fabia

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Short description: Species of moth

Eupterote fabia
EupteroteFabia.png
Male Eupterote fabia (Cramer 1780), upperside, wing venation, head from lateral
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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

  1. 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.
  2. "Taxonomy Browser: Eupterote fabia". http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=572563. 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. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180068#page/84/mode/1up. 
  4. David, B. Vasantharaj & Ananthakrishnan, T. N. (2004) General and Applied Entomology. Tata McGraw-Hill. page 670.

Wikidata ☰ Q13477519 entry