Elachyophtalma doreyana

Elachyophtalma doreyana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bombycidae
Genus: Elachyophtalma
Species: E. doreyana
Binomial name
Elachyophtalma doreyana
Rothschild, 1920[1]

Elachyophtalma doreyana is a moth in the Bombycidae family. It was described by Rothschild in 1920. It is found in New Guinea.[2]

The wingspan is 38–57 mm. Adults are uniform rufous-chocolate, with a small yellow half-moon-shaped discocellular stigma on the forewings, and white streaks on the abdominal margin of the hindwings.

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