Eupterote orientalis

Eupterote orientalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eupterotidae
Genus:	Eupterote
Species:	E. orientalis
Binomial name
	Eupterote orientalis; Fabricius
Synonyms
	Messata aenescens Moore, 1879;

Eupterote orientalis is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius, but the year of description is not clear.^[1] It is found in Sri Lanka.

Adults are senescent (bronzy) yellow, the forewings with three very prominent oblique, transverse, discal purple brown-speckled bands, the two inner bands linear and curved, the outer one composed of broad lunules. There is an inner series of three less oblique, very indistinct, and sparsely speckled bands. The hindwings have a distinct submarginal broad purple brown-speckled lunular band.^[2]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Eupterote orientalis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
^ "Descriptions of new Genera and Species of Asiatic Lepidoptera Heterocera" Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Eupterote orientalis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 4, 2018.

[2] "Descriptions of new Genera and Species of Asiatic Lepidoptera Heterocera" Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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