Stenoglene opalina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Genus: Stenoglene
Species:
S. opalina
Binomial name
Stenoglene opalina
Druce, 1910
Synonyms
  • Phasicnecus peropalinus Rothschild, 1917

Stenoglene opalina is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Druce in 1910.[1] It is found in Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo.[2]

Description

The wingspan is about 54 mm. The forewings are yellowish vitreous strongly opalescent with numerous indistinct crenulate and sinuate transverse darker markings, these latter being almost absent in the basal three-fifths of the wings.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Stenoglene opalina​". 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): p. 492 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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