Elachyophtalma kebeae

Elachyophtalma kebeae
Scientific classification
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 Bombycidae family. It was described by Bethune-Baker in 1904. It is found in New Guinea.[1]

The wingspan is 47 mm. The forewings are maroon-chocolate-brown, the disc sprinkled with yellowish hairlike scales. Thereis an indistinct antemedial, strongly zigzag shadow band. The hindwings are maroon-chocolate-brown, the inner one-third sprinkled with yellow hair scales.[2]

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