Ebbepterote expansa

Ebbepterote expansa is a moth in the Eupterotidae family. It was described by T.P. Lucas in 1891.^[1][2] It is found in Australia,^[3] where it has been recorded from Queensland.

The wingspan is about 118 mm. The forewings are fuscous with irrorations of red or fuscous and light fuscous and creamy-red scales. The basal fifth is drab-white or wool-colour, bordered by a smoke-coloured line from one-sixth of the costa to one-fourth of the inner margin. There is a conspicuous rich black line from three-fourths of the costa to three-fourths of the inner margin, bordered posteriorly by a wool-coloured suffused line. The ground-colour between the first and second lines is a darker fuscous, relieved with smoky-grey and brown suffusions. The discal spot is large, just before the centre of wing at one-third from the costa, creamy ochreous, bordered with black. There is a broad suffused band of reddish cream-colour beyond the second line, bordered posteriorly by a wavy crenulate undefined line of diffused brown, which suffusion extends to the hindmargin. The hind marginal line is smoky-brown. The basal fourth of the hindwings is ochreous-brown, but creamy-ochreous to nearly halfway. There is a broad brown-ochreous band beyond half, bordered anteriorly with a brown line and posteriorly with a deep rich black line and a black suffusion. There is a creamy-red band, suffused with smoky-brown scales, and bordered posteriorly by a wavy crenulate black-brown line, and by a dark brown suffusion with smoke-colour scales to the hindmargin. There is also a black patch on the inner margin at one-fourth.

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