Syllepte disticta

Syllepte disticta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Syllepte
Species: S. disticta
Binomial name
Syllepte disticta
(Hampson, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Sylepta disticta Hampson, 1912

Syllepte disticta is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1912. It is found in Papua New Guinea.[1]

The wingspan is about 32 mm. The forewings are fuscous brown with a purplish-grey gloss and with small white postmedial spots above and below vein 7. There is a punctiform white line at the base of the cilia. The hindwings are fuscous brown with a cupreous gloss and with a fine white line at the base of the cilia.[2]

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