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Genus: | Cheligium
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Species: | C. lineatum
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Cheligium lineatum (Aurivillius, 1893)
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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]
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]