Elachyophtalma semicostalis
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| Species: | E. semicostalis
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| Elachyophtalma semicostalis Rothschild, 1920
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Elachyophtalma semicostalis is a moth in the Bombycidae family. It was described by Rothschild in 1920. It is found in 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.
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