Elachyophtalma cotanoides
| Elachyophtalma cotanoides | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Bombycidae |
| Genus: | Elachyophtalma |
| Species: | E. cotanoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Elachyophtalma cotanoides Rothschild, 1920[1] | |
Elachyophtalma cotanoides is a moth in the Bombycidae family. It was described by Rothschild in 1920. It is found in New Guinea.[2]
The wingspan is 56 mm. The forewings are chocolate-rufous, the basal three-fifths of the costal are area orange and the nervures golden-yellow washed with rufous on the inner four-fifths of the wing. There is a darker rufous and yellow double postmedian band. The hindwings are chocolate-rufous.
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