Biology:Elachyophtalma doreyana

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Short description: Species of moth

Elachyophtalma doreyana
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bombycidae
Genus: Elachyophtalma
Species:
E. doreyana
Binomial name
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.

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Elachyophtalma doreyana". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=68697. 
  2. Rothschild, Lord (1920). "On the genus Elachyophthalma Feld.". Novitates Zoologicae 27 (1): 321–326. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3242827#page/357/mode/1up.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q13477603 entry