Stenoglene citrinus

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Stenoglene citrinus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Genus: Stenoglene
Species:
S. citrinus
Binomial name
Stenoglene citrinus
(Druce, 1886)
Synonyms
  • Chrysopoloma citrinaDruce, 1886
  • Stenoglene citrinaDruce, 1886

Stenoglene citrinus is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Druce in 1886. [1] It is found in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Equateur, East Kasai), Gabon and Nigeria. [2]

The forewings are pale yellow, crossed about the middle, from the coastal to the inner margin, by a band of very small brown spots, beyond which is a second band, extending from the apex to the inner margin. The second band is very much wider, and near the inner margin, it has several whitish spots. There is also a submarginal row of minute dots extending from the apex to the anal angle. The hindwings are pale yellow, with a central and submarginal row of small brown spots. [3]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Stenoglene citrina". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 28, 2018.
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  3. Druce, H. 1886. Descriptions of some new species of Heterocera from tropical Africa. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1886: pp. 410–411 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .