Elachyophtalma goliathina

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

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

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 edit

  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.