Elachyophtalma infraluteola

Elachyophtalma infraluteola is a moth in the family Bombycidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1920. It is found on New Guinea.[1]

Elachyophtalma infraluteola
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E. infraluteola
Binomial name
Elachyophtalma infraluteola

The wingspan is about 51 mm. The forewings are sooty brown black, with a broad curved white band. The basal half (except the costa and the base) of the hindwings is pale golden yellow. The outer half, costa and base are sooty brown black.

References

  1. Rothschild, Lord (1920). "On the genus Elachyophthalma Feld". Novitates Zoologicae. 27 (1): 321–326 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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