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Elachyophtalma doreyana

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Bombycidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Elachyophtalma

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

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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Elachyophtalma doreyana Wikipedia