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Stenoglene opalina

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

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. ^ LepIndex
  2. ^ Afro Moths
  3. ^ Rothschild, W. 1917c. Some new moths of the families Arctiidae and Eupterotidae. - Novitates Zoologicae 24(3): p. 492
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