Stenoglene giganteus
Stenoglene giganteus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Eupterotidae |
Genus: | Stenoglene |
Species: | S. giganteus
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Binomial name | |
Stenoglene giganteus (Rothschild, 1917)
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Stenoglene giganteus is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Rothschild in 1917.[1] It is found in Sierra Leone.[2]
The wingspan is about 85 mm. The forewings are purplish cinnamon-chocolate with a postmedian whitish-pink transverse band. The hindwings are paler.[3]
References[]
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Stenoglene giganteus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
- ^ Afro Moths
- ^ Rothschild, W. 1917c. Some new moths of the families Arctiidae and Eupterotidae. - Novitates Zoologicae 24(3): 491
Categories:
- Moths described in 1917
- Janinae
- Bombycoidea stubs