Elachyophtalma melanoleuca

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

Elachyophtalma melanoleuca is a moth in the Bombycidae family. It was described by Rothschild in 1920. It is found in New Guinea.[1]

The wingspan is about 55 mm. The forewings are sooty black with a white, broad and curved median band, reaching from the inner margin to just below the subcostal nervure. The hindwings are sooty black with a large, irregular, white triangular patch.

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