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Stenoglene hilaris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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 family Eupterotidae. It was described by Felder in 1874. It is found in Mozambique and South Africa.

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.

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Stenoglene hilaris​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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