Elachyophtalma semicostalis

Elachyophtalma semicostalis
Scientific classification
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

^ Rothschild, Lord (1920). "On the genus Elachyophthalma Feld." Novitates Zoologicae. 27 (1): 321–326 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Rothschild, Lord (1920). "On the genus Elachyophthalma Feld." Novitates Zoologicae. 27 (1): 321–326 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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