Stenoglene roseus

Stenoglene roseus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Genus: Stenoglene
Species:
S. roseus
Binomial name
Stenoglene roseus
(Druce, 1886)
Synonyms
  • Phasicnecus roseus Druce, 1886
  • Phasicnemis elgonae Bethune-Baker, 1927
  • Phasicnecus similis flavidior Rothschild, 1917
  • Phasicnecus gregorii Butler, 1894
  • Phasicnecus monteironis Rothschild, 1917
  • Phasicnecus pulverulentus Joicey & Talbot, 1924
  • Phasicnecus similis Rothschild, 1917

Stenoglene roseus is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Druce in 1886. It is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Katanga, East Kasai, Bas Congo), Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria and Uganda.

Description

The wingspan is about 54 mm. Both wings are pale golden ochreous, the forewings with a broadish postmedian, concave, rusty transverse band, broadening as it approaches the inner margin near the tornus. The hindwings are immaculate.

References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Stenoglene roseus​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
  2. ↑ Afro Moths
  3. ↑ Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1927. Descriptions of new Heterocera from Africa and the East. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)20:321–334 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.