Elachyophtalma doreyana

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Elachyophtalma doreyana
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E. doreyana
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Elachyophtalma doreyana
Rothschild, 1920 [1]

Elachyophtalma doreyana is a moth in the family Bombycidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1920. It is found on New Guinea. [2]

The wingspan is 38–57 mm. Adults are uniform rufous chocolate, with a small yellow half-moon-shaped discocellular stigma on the forewings, and white streaks on the abdominal margin of the hindwings.

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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 doreyana". 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.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .