Biology:Elachyophtalma kebeae

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Short description: Species of moth

Elachyophtalma kebeae
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bombycidae
Genus: Elachyophtalma
Species:
E. kebeae
Binomial name
Elachyophtalma kebeae
(Bethune-Baker, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Gunda kebeae Bethune-Baker, 1904
  • Gunda kebeae flava Joicey & 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]

References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. "Elachyophtalma kebeae (Bethune-Baker, 1904)". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/bombycoidea/bombycidae/elachyophtalma/#kebeae. Retrieved November 6, 2018. 
  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 ☰ Q13477595 entry