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]

Elachyophtalma semicostalis
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E. semicostalis
Binomial name
Elachyophtalma semicostalis

The wingspan is 48โ€“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

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


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