''Stenoglene obtusus'' is a
moth in the family
Eupterotidae. It was described by
Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in
Burundi
Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili language, Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French language, French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the ...
, the
Democratic Republic of the Congo (East Kasai, Katanga),
Kenya,
Malawi,
Mozambique,
South Africa (Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal),
Tanzania and
Zimbabwe.
Description
The
wingspan is about 45 mm. The forewings are fulvous with almost obliterated transverse linear fasciae, the first practically obsolete and not anteriorly recurved, the second a little more distinct. The hindwings are croceous (deep reddish yellow) without black spots on the abdominal area.
Distant, W. L. 1903. Insecta Transvaaliensia: a contribution to a knowledge of the Entomology of South Africa. Order Lepidoptera. Suborder Heterocera: p. 84
References
Moths described in 1864
Janinae
Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa
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