Elachyophtalma cotanoides

Description

Elachyophtalma cotanoides is a moth in the family Bombycidae. It was described by Lord Rothschild in 1920. It is found on New Guinea. 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.