Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Bombycidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Elachyophtalma | |
Elachyophtalma melanoleuca is a moth in the Bombycidae family. It was described by Rothschild in 1920. It is found in New Guinea.
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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