Syllepte elphegalis

Syllepte elphegalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Syllepte
Species: S. elphegalis
Binomial name
Syllepte elphegalis
(Schaus, 1927)
Synonyms
  • Sylepta elphegalis Schaus, 1927

Syllepte elphegalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Schaus in 1927. It is found in the Philippines (Luzon).[1]

The wingspan is about 28 mm. The wings are light brownish olive, the forewings with blackish lines. The antemedial line is outbent to the median, then vertical. There is a fuscous streak on the discocellular and the postmedial line is almost vertical to vein 2, slightly retracted and faintly inbent to the inner margin. The hindwings have a postmedial line and cilia as on the forewings.[2]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. The Philippine journal of science
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