Elachyophtalma melanoleuca

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

Elachyophtalma melanoleuca
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E. melanoleuca
Binomial name
Elachyophtalma melanoleuca

The wingspan is about 55 mm. The forewings are sooty black with a white, broad and curved median band, reaching from the inner margin to just below the subcostal nervure. The hindwings are sooty black with a large, irregular, white triangular patch.

References

  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.


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