Elachyophtalma insularum
Appearance
Elachyophtalma insularum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Bombycidae |
Genus: | Elachyophtalma |
Species: | E. insularum
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Binomial name | |
Elachyophtalma insularum Rothschild, 1920
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Elachyophtalma insularum is a moth in the family Bombycidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1920. It is found on Roa Island on New Guinea.[1]
The wingspan is about 38 mm. The wings are uniform chocolate rufous, the sides of the abdominal margin of the hindwings with oblique white streaks.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b 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.