Elachyophtalma kebeae
| Elachyophtalma kebeae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Bombycidae |
| Genus: | Elachyophtalma |
| Species: | E. kebeae |
| Binomial name | |
| Elachyophtalma kebeae (Bethune-Baker, 1904) | |
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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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