Eupterote testacea

Eupterote testacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Eupterotidae
Genus:Eupterote
Species: E. testacea
Binomial name
Eupterote testacea
Walker, 1855

Eupterote testacea is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855.[1] It is found in India and Myanmar.

The wingspan is 68–86 mm. The wings are pale ochreous yellow, the forewings crossed by two antemedial and two medial, nearly straight indistinct dark lines. There is a double postmedial similar line, the inner line well defined. There is also a waved submarginal line and the basal and outer areas are irrorated with dark scales. The hindwings have an antemedial line, a double postmedial line and a diffused submarginal curved line.[2]

References

  1. "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
  2. Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths. 1. Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 26 January 2018.



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