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Cheligium lineatum is a moth in the family Lasiocampidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1893.[1] It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Gabon, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.[2]

Cheligium lineatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lasiocampidae
Genus:
Cheligium
Species:
C. lineatum
Binomial name
Cheligium lineatum
(Aurivillius, 1893)
Synonyms
  • Taragama lineatum Aurivillius, 1893
  • Pachypasa dallana Bethune-Baker, 1927
  • Taragama pulchristriata Bethune-Baker, 1911

The wingspan is about 110 mm. Both wings are palish brown, the forewings with a curved, longitudinal paler stripe from the base below the cell to the costa almost into the apex. The hindwings are uniform and slightly darker than the forewings.[3]


References


  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cheligium lineatum". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  2. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Cheligium lineatum (Aurivillius, 1893)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
  3. Bethune-Baker, G. T. (1 October 1927). "XLVI.—Descriptions of new species of Heterocera from Africa and the East". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 20 (118): 321–334. doi:10.1080/00222932708655457. ISSN 0374-5481.


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