Stenoglene opalina
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]
| Stenoglene opalina | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Eupterotidae |
| Genus: | Stenoglene |
| Species: | S. opalina |
| Binomial name | |
| Stenoglene opalina Druce, 1910 | |
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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
- 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.
- Afro Moths
- Rothschild, W. 1917c. Some new moths of the families Arctiidae and Eupterotidae. - Novitates Zoologicae 24(3): p. 492
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