Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Eupterotidae | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Eupterote | |
Eupterote patula is a moth in the Eupterotidae family. It was described by Walker in 1855. It is found in Thailand, Burma and India.
The wingspan is 100-130 mm. The wings are pale reddish ochreous, the forewings usually with a hyaline spot at the end of the cell. There are two rufous oblique lines from the lower angle of the cell to the inner margin and there are eight or nine indistinct dark waved lines, as well as a double highly curved rufous postmedial line from the costa near the apex to the outer angle and a submarginal highly waved irregular indistinct dark line. The hindwings have a rufous subbasal line, which is obsolete except towards the inner margin. There are about four very indistinct waved lines and the rufous postmedial line is indistinct. There is an irregularly placed series of submarginal spots.