Syllepte agraphalis

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

Syllepte agraphalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1912. It is found in Bhutan and Assam, India. ^[1]

The wingspan is about 32 mm. The forewings are grey brown with a slight dark antemedial mark on the costa and an oblique whitish line defined on the outer side by fuscous from the cell to the inner margin. There is a small whitish spot at the middle of the cell and a curved discoidal striga, both defined by fuscous. The postmedial line is represented by a small fuscous spot at the costa with two small whitish spots below it, then by a series of small fuscous spots with whitish points on their outer side. There is a terminal series of minute blackish points. The hindwings are grey brown with an oblique dark discoidal striga and a slight dark postmedial line defined on the outer side by whitish, bent outwards between veins 5 and 2, then retracted and oblique to above the tornus. There is a terminal series of blackish striae. ^[2]

References

1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
2. The moths of India. Supplementary paper to the volumes in 'The Fauna of British India'. Series IV, Part V This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .