Elachyophtalma infraluteola

Elachyophtalma infraluteola
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Bombycidae
Genus:	Elachyophtalma
Species:	E. infraluteola
Binomial name
	Elachyophtalma infraluteola; Rothschild, 1920

Elachyophtalma infraluteola 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 about 51 mm. The forewings are sooty brown black, with a broad curved white band. The basal half (except the costa and the base) of the hindwings is pale golden yellow. The outer half, costa and base are sooty brown black.

References

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

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

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