Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lasiocampidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Cheligium | |
Cheligium lineatum is a moth in the Lasiocampidae family. It was described by Aurivillius in 1893. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Gabon, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
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.
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