Stenoglene hilaris

Stenoglene hilaris
Scientific classification
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 Eupterotidae family. 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

  1. ↑ LepIndex
  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
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