| Syllepte sulphureotincta | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Syllepte |
| Species: | S. sulphureotincta |
| Binomial name | |
| Syllepte sulphureotincta (Hampson, 1918) | |
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Syllepte sulphureotincta is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1918.[1] It is endemic to Mozambique.[2]
The wingspan is about 24 millimetres (0.94 in). The forewings are white tinged with sulphur-yellow, the base and costal area pale rufous. The antemedial line is dark tinged with yellow, oblique to just below the cell, then erect. There is a dark annulus in the middle of the cell and a discoidal bar tinged with yellow and filled in with white. The postmedial line is dark tinged with yellow, excurved and waved between veins 5 and 2, then retracted to below the angle of the cell and angled outwards below the submedian fold. There is a similar faint line beyond it and a red-brown terminal line. The hindwings are white, the terminal area tinged with sulphur-yellow except at the tornus. There is a dark discoidal bar and the postmedial line is dark, bent outwards and waved between veins 5 and 2, then retracted to below the angle of the cell and erect to the inner margin. There is a faint waved brownish subterminal line and a red-brown terminal line.[3]
References
- ↑ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Syllepte sulphureotincta (Hampson, 1918)". Afromoths. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
- ↑ The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology
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