Elachyophtalma semicostalis

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Elachyophtalma semicostalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bombycidae
Genus: Elachyophtalma
Species:
E. semicostalis
Binomial name
Elachyophtalma semicostalis

Elachyophtalma semicostalis is a moth in the family Bombycidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1920. It is found on New Guinea.[1]

The wingspan is 48–58 mm. The forewings are thinly scaled with sooty black brown, the basal half with an olive tinge and the basal three-fifths of the costal area orange buff. The basal two-thirds of the hindwings is sooty black brown, the outer two-fifths orange golden.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Rothschild, Lord (1920). "On the genus Elachyophthalma Feld." Novitates Zoologicae. 27 (1): 321–326 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.