Elachyophtalma infraluteola

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

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

The wingspan is about 51 mm. The forewings are sooty brown-black, with a broad curved white band. The basal half (except the costa and the base) of the hindwings is pale golden yellow. The outer half, costa and base are sooty brown-black.

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