Syllepte eriopisalis

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Syllepte eriopisalis
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S. eriopisalis
Binomial name
Syllepte eriopisalis
(Walker, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Botys eriopisalisWalker, 1859
  • Pyrausta eriopisalis
  • Glauconoe atrigenalisWarren, 1896

Syllepte eriopisalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found on Borneo and in India. [1]

The wingspan is about 34 mm. Adults are fuscous grey, the forewings with the base of the costa fuscous. There is an obliquely sinuous antemedial fuscous line and a black speck in the cell. Both wings have a black discocellular lunule and postmedial minutely dentate fuscous line bent outwards between veins 5 and 2, then retracted to below the angle of the cell. [2]

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References

  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. Hampson, G. F. (1896). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths Volume IV. Taylor and Francis via Biodiversity Heritage Library.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)