| Elachyophtalma kebeae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Bombycidae |
| Genus: | Elachyophtalma |
| Species: | E. kebeae |
| Binomial name | |
| Elachyophtalma kebeae (Bethune-Baker, 1904) | |
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Elachyophtalma kebeae is a moth in the family Bombycidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1904. It is found on New Guinea.
The wingspan is 47 mm. The forewings are maroon-chocolate brown, the disc sprinkled with yellowish hairlike scales. There is an indistinct antemedial, strongly zigzag shadow band. The hindwings are maroon-chocolate brown, the inner one-third sprinkled with yellow hair scales.
References
- Savela, Markku (ed.). "Elachyophtalma kebeae (Bethune-Baker, 1904)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
- Rothschild, Lord (1920). "On the genus Elachyophthalma Feld". Novitates Zoologicae. 27 (1): 321–326 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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| Elachyophtalma kebeae | |
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