Stenoglene_roseus

<i>Stenoglene roseus</i>

Stenoglene roseus

Species of moth

Stenoglene roseus is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Druce in 1886.[1] It is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Katanga, East Kasai, Bas Congo), Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria and Uganda.[2]

Quick Facts Stenoglene roseus, Scientific classification ...

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.[3]

References

  1. [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. [2]
    Afro Moths
  3. [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.


Stub icon

This article relating to the superfamily Bombycoidea is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Stenoglene_roseus, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.