Elachyophtalma kebeae

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Elachyophtalma kebeae
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E. kebeae
Binomial name
Elachyophtalma kebeae
Synonyms
  • Gunda kebeaeBethune-Baker, 1904
  • Gunda kebeae flavaJoicey & Talbot, 1916

Elachyophtalma kebeae is a moth in the family Bombycidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1904. It is found on New Guinea. [1]

The wingspan is 47 mm. The forewings are maroon-chocolate brown, the disc sprinkled with yellowish hairlike scales. There is an indistinct antemedial, strongly zigzag shadow band. The hindwings are maroon-chocolate brown, the inner one-third sprinkled with yellow hair scales. [2]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku (ed.). "Elachyophtalma kebeae (Bethune-Baker, 1904)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
  2. Rothschild, Lord (1920). "On the genus Elachyophthalma Feld". Novitates Zoologicae. 27 (1): 321–326 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.