Stenoglene roseus

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]

Stenoglene roseus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
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

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. 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


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