Elachyophtalma infraluteola

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Elachyophtalma infraluteola is a moth from New Guinea in the Bombycidae family. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1920. The wingspan is about 51 mm. Forewings are sooty brown-black with a broad curved white band, while the hindwings have a pale golden-yellow basal half and a sooty brown-black outer half.

Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia; Phylum Arthropoda; Class Insecta; Order Lepidoptera; Family Bombycidae; Genus Elachyophtalma; Species infraluteola. Binomial name Elachyophtalma infraluteola (Rothschild, 1920).