Elachyophtalma kebeae

Elachyophtalma kebeae
Scientific classification
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 edit

^ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Elachyophtalma kebeae (Bethune-Baker, 1904)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
^ 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] Savela, Markku (ed.). "Elachyophtalma kebeae (Bethune-Baker, 1904)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 6, 2018.

[2] 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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