Stenoglene giganteus

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

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]

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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 giganteus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 28, 2018.
  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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