Elachyophtalma insularum

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

Elachyophtalma insularum is a moth in the Bombycidae family. It was described by Rothschild in 1920. It is found in New Guinea (Roa Island).[1]

The wingspan is about 38 mm. The wings are uniform chocolate-rufous, the sides of the abdominal margin of the hindwings with oblique white streaks.

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