Elachyophtalma kebeae

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]

Elachyophtalma kebeae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Bombycidae
Genus:
Elachyophtalma
Species:
E. kebeae
Binomial name
Elachyophtalma kebeae
Synonyms
  • Gunda kebeae Bethune-Baker, 1904
  • Gunda kebeae flava Joicey & Talbot, 1916

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
  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.


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