Stenoglene giganteus

Stenoglene giganteus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eupterotidae
Genus:	Stenoglene
Species:	S. giganteus
Binomial name
	Stenoglene giganteus; (Rothschild, 1917)
Synonyms
	Phasicnecus giganteus Rothschild, 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]

References

^ 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.
^ Afro Moths
^ Rothschild, W. 1917c. Some new moths of the families Arctiidae and Eupterotidae. - Novitates Zoologicae 24(3): 491 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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