Biology:Elachyophtalma semicostalis

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Short description: Species of moth

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

Elachyophtalma semicostalis 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 48–58 mm. The forewings are thinly scaled with sooty black brown, the basal half with an olive tinge and the basal three-fifths of the costal area orange buff. The basal two-thirds of the hindwings is sooty black brown, the outer two-fifths orange golden.

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 ☰ Q13477588 entry