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Eupterote fabia
Species of moth
| Eupterote fabia
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| Male Eupterote fabia (Cramer 1780), upperside, wing venation, head from lateral
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain:
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Eukaryota
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Arthropoda
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| Class:
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Insecta
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| Order:
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Lepidoptera
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| Family:
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Eupterotidae
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| Genus:
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Eupterote
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| Species:
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E. fabia
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| Binomial name
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Eupterote fabia
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| Synonyms
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- 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
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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.; 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.
- ^ "Taxonomy Browser: Eupterote fabia". Barcode of Life Data System. 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 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ David, B. Vasantharaj & Ananthakrishnan, T. N. (2004) General and Applied Entomology. Tata McGraw-Hill. page 670.
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