Stenoglene giganteus

Stenoglene giganteus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Genus: Stenoglene
Species: S. giganteus
Binomial name
Stenoglene giganteus
(Rothschild, 1917)
Synonyms
  • Phasicnecus giganteus Rothschild, 1917

Stenoglene giganteus is a moth in the Eupterotidae family. 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

  1. ↑ LepIndex
  2. ↑ Afro Moths
  3. ↑ Rothschild, W. 1917c. Some new moths of the families Arctiidae and Eupterotidae. - Novitates Zoologicae 24(3): 491
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