Biology:Elachyophtalma goliathina

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Short description: Species of moth

Elachyophtalma goliathina
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bombycidae
Genus: Elachyophtalma
Species:
E. goliathina
Binomial name
Elachyophtalma goliathina
Rothschild, 1920

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

The wingspan is 56–60 mm. Adults are dark chocolate brown with an indistinct darker zigzag antemedian line and two darker serpentine zigzag postmedian lines. The hindwings have a rufous tinge, and the abdominal margin has whitish lines on the edge.

References

  1. 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 ☰ Q13477599 entry