Elachyophtalma dohertyi

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Elachyophtalma dohertyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Bombycidae
Genus:
Elachyophtalma
Species:
E. dohertyi
Binomial name
Elachyophtalma dohertyi
Rothschild, 1920 [1]

Elachyophtalma dohertyi is a moth in the family Bombycidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1920. It is found on the Tanimbar Islands in Indonesia. [2]

Moth Group of mostly-nocturnal insects in the order Lepidoptera

Moths are a polyphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.

Bombycidae family of moths

The Bombycidae are a family of moths. The best-known species is Bombyx mori (Linnaeus) or silkworm, native to northern China and domesticated for millennia. Another well-known species is Bombyx mandarina, also native to Asia.

Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild British politician

Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild,, was a British banker, politician, zoologist and scion of the Rothschild family. As a prominent Zionist leader, he was presented with the famous Balfour Declaration which pledged to a Jewish national home in Palestine. Rothschild was the President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews from 1925 to 1926.

The wingspan is about 37 mm.

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References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Elachyophtalma dohertyi". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 2, 2018.
  2. ↑ Rothschild, Lord (1920). "On the genus Elachyophthalma Feld". Novitates Zoologicae. 27 (1): 321–326 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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