Elachyophtalma dohertyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bombycidae
Genus: Elachyophtalma
Species:
E. dohertyi
Binomial name
Elachyophtalma dohertyi

Elachyophtalma dohertyi is a moth in the family Bombycidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1920. It is found on the Tanimbar Islands in Indonesia.[2]

The wingspan is about 37 mm.

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Elachyophtalma dohertyi". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
  2. Rothschild, Lord (1920). "On the genus Elachyophthalma Feld". Novitates Zoologicae. 27 (1): 321–326 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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