Syllepte parvipuncta

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

Last updated November 22, 2021

Syllepte parvipuncta is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1912.^[1] It is found in Ghana and Sierra Leone.^[2]

The wingspan is 24–26 millimetres (0.94–1.02 in). The forewings are fuscous brown with a cupreous gloss. The antemedial line is indistinct, whitish defined on outer side by blackish, somewhat oblique from the costa to the submedian fold. There are small black spots at the middle of the cell and on discocellulars, the latter with faint whitish marks before and beyond it. The postmedial line is whitish defined on the inner side by blackish, forming a tridentate white mark from below the costa to vein 5, then excurved to vein 2, then bent inwards to below the base of the cell and more distinct and excurved to the inner margin. The hindwings are fuscous brown with a cupreous gloss. There is a blackish discoidal spot and the postmedial line is whitish defined on the inner side by blackish, bent outwards between veins 5 and 2, then inwards to below the angle of the cell and oblique to above the tornus.^[3]

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References

↑ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Syllepte parvipuncta (Hampson, 1912)". Afromoths. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
↑ Hampson, G. 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: 5.This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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[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 parvipuncta (Hampson, 1912)". Afromoths. Retrieved February 28, 2018.

[3] Hampson, G. 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: 5.This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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