Syllepte phaeophlebalis

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

Syllepte phaeophlebalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1912. It is found in Peru.[1]

The wingspan is about 34 mm. Adults are white, the forewings with rather diffused brown streaks on the veins, stronger on the subcostal and median nervures and veins 8, 7, 4 and 1. The hindwings have faint brown streaks on the median nervure and veins 5 to 1.[2]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 10 (55): 13
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