Syllepte attenualis

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

Syllepte attenualis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1912. ^[1] It is endemic to Kenya. ^[2]

The wingspan is about 40 millimetres (1.6 in) for males and 34 millimetres (1.3 in) for females. The forewings are pale ochreous, irrorated with brown, especially on the costal area to the postmedial line. There is a subbasal black spot on the inner margin and an oblique sinuous fuscous antemedial line, as well as a black point in the middle of the cell and a discoidal bar. The postmedial line is fuscous and there is a punctiform black terminal line. The hindwings are pale ochreous, irrorated with brown especially on the disc. There is a slight fuscous discoidal bar and a fuscous postmedial line. There is also a fine black terminal line. ^[3]

References

1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Syllepte attenualis (Hampson, 1912)". Afromoths. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
3. Hampson, George F. (1912). "Descriptions of new Species of Pyralidae of the Subfamily Pyraustinae". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 8. Taylor & Francis. 10 (55): 13. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .