''Eupterote todara'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

in the family

Eupterotidae Eupterotidae is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera with more than 300 described species. Diversity The family consists of four subfamilies and the unplaced ''Ganissa group''. The subfamily Eupterotinae consists of about 11 genera, the ...

. It was described by

Frederic Moore Frederic Moore FZS (13 May 1830 – 10 May 1907) was a British entomologist and illustrator. He produced six volumes of ''Lepidoptera Indica'' and a catalogue of the birds in the collection of the East India Company. It has been said that Mo ...

in 1884. It is found in

India India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...

. The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan ...

is 64–72 mm. Adults are similar to ''

Eupterote mollifera ''Eupterote mollifera'' is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in India, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. The wingspan is 64–84 mm. Adults are similar to ''Eupterote fabia ''Eupterote fab ...

'', but the cilia is yellow, the postmedial lines are indistinct, the black spots near the inner margin of the forewings are prominent and the inner postmedial line of the hindwings is nearer to the base.

References

Moths described in 1884 Eupterotinae {{Bombycoidea-stub