Syllepte semilugens
| Syllepte semilugens | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Syllepte |
| Species: | S. semilugens |
| Binomial name | |
| Syllepte semilugens (Hampson, 1912)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Syllepte semilugens is a moth in the Crambidae family that is known from Cameroon, Sierra Leone and Equatorial Guinea.[2]
The wingspan is approx. 33–38 millimetres (1.3–1.5 in). The forewings have a fulvous yellow basal area with a subbasal black spot on the inner margin. There is a medial pale yellow band with a slight brownish point in middle of the cell. The terminal half is pale brownish with a faint dark discoidal bar and some yellowish on the costa beyond the middle. The hindwings have a pale yellow basal half, while the terminal half is pale brownish.[3]
References
- ↑ afromoths
- ↑ (in German) Gaede, M., Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, Bd. 8 (1915-17), p.394.
- ↑ "The annals and magazine of natural history: zoology, botany, and geology". 8. 10. Taylor & Francis/University of Toronto. 1838: 692.
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