Syllepte sulphureotincta

Syllepte sulphureotincta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Syllepte
Species: S. sulphureotincta
Binomial name
Syllepte sulphureotincta
(Hampson, 1918)
Synonyms
  • Sylepta sulphureotincta Hampson, 1918

Syllepte sulphureotincta is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1918.[1] It is found in Mozambique.[2]

The wingspan is about 24 mm. 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]

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