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Stenoglene hilaris

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Stenoglene hilaris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Genus: Stenoglene
Species:
S. hilaris
Binomial name
Stenoglene hilaris
Felder, 1874
Synonyms
  • Chrysopoloma bithynia Druce, 1887

Stenoglene hilaris is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Felder in 1874.[1] It is found in Mozambique and South Africa.[2]

Adults are uniform mouse-colour, with the forewings a shade darker than the hindwings, the former crossed by two curved lines, the first nearest the base very indistinct, the second broken into spots.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Stenoglene hilaris​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
  2. ^ Afro Moths
  3. ^ Druce, H. 1887b. Descriptions of some new species of Lepidoptera Heterocera, mostly from tropical Africa. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1887: 676 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.