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Eupterote flavicollis

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Eupterote flavicollis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Genus: Eupterote
Species:
E. flavicollis
Binomial name
Eupterote flavicollis
Synonyms
  • Bombyx collaris Guérin-Méneville, 1843
  • Bombyx adolphaei Guérin-Méneville, 1843

Eupterote flavicollis is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville in 1843.[1] It is found in India.

The wingspan is 60–75 mm (2.4–3.0 in). Adults are similar to Eupterote mollifera, but the thorax is red brown. The forewings have five or six waved lines before the postmedial line, which is curved and the grey spots take the form of a complete waved band and are further from the postmedial line. Between the line and grey band is a conjoined series of dark spots, those towards the inner margin largest. The hindwings have a single postmedial curved line, and sometimes medial and outer lines.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Eupterote flavicollis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  2. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis. p. 59 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.