Syllepte retractalis

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Syllepte retractalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Syllepte
Species:
S. retractalis
Binomial name
Syllepte retractalis
(Hampson, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Sylepta retractalisHampson, 1912

Syllepte retractalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1912. [1] It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana and Ivory Coast. [2]

The wingspan is about 21 millimetres (0.83 in). The forewings are pale yellow, the costa and veins tinged with fulvous. The antemedial line is fuscous and oblique and there is a fuscous discoidal bar. The postmedial line is fuscous, slightly bent outwards between veins 5 and 2, then retracted to the lower angle of the cell, and oblique to the inner margin near the antemedial line. There is a fuscous terminal line. The hindwings are pale yellow with a fuscous discoidal spot and a fuscous postmedial line, bent outwards between veins 5 and 2, then retracted to the lower angle of the cell and oblique to above the tornus. There is also a fuscous terminal line. [3]

The larvae feed on Cola nitida and Theobroma cacao .

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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 retractalis (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 and Francis. 10: 10 – via Internet Archive.PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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