Stenoglene roseus

Stenoglene roseus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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;

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]

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

^ 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.
^ Afro Moths
^ Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1927. Descriptions of new Heterocera from Africa and the East. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)20:321–334 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 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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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