''Stenaroa rubriflava'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

of the subfamily

Lymantriinae The Lymantriinae (formerly called the Lymantriidae) are a subfamily of moths of the family Erebidae. The taxon was erected by George Hampson in 1893. Many of its component species are referred to as "tussock moths" of one sort or another. The c ...

first described by Paul Griveaud in 1973. It is found in eastern

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

. The male of this species has a wingspan of 18–24 mm. The

holotype A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism, known to have been used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described. It is either the single such physical example (or illustration) or one of seve ...

of this species had been found north-eastern

50 km west of

Andapa Andapa is a town and commune ( mg, firaisana) in northern Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Andapa, which is a part of Sava Region. According to 2001 commune census the population of Andapa was 27,618. Andapa is served by a local airpor ...

at elevation of 1600 m.Griveaud, P. (1973). "Nouvelles espèces de Lymantriidae de Madagascar (Lep.)". ''Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France''. 78: 138, fig. 15.

References

Lymantriinae Moths described in 1973 Moths of Madagascar Moths of Africa {{Lymantriidae-stub