Syllepte dinawa
Syllepte dinawa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Syllepte |
Species: | S. dinawa |
Binomial name | |
Syllepte dinawa (Kenrick, 1912) | |
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Syllepte dinawa is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Kenrick in 1912. It is found in Papua New Guinea.[1]
The wingspan is about 42 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous, clouded with dark grey. There is an irregular dark antemedian line and a vague postmedian line with a branch towards the angle. The apex is broadly irrorated with dark and below the costa at the end of the cell is a lunate mark. There is another smaller mark nearer the base. The hindwings are pale semihyaline, with traces of dark ante- and postmedian lines, the hind margin has a broad dark shade.[2]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ A List of Moths of the Family Pyralidae collected by Felix B. Pratt and Charles B. Pratt in Dutch New Guinea in 1909-10; with Descriptions of new Species