Syllepte sulphureotincta

Syllepte sulphureotincta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Syllepte
Species:	S. sulphureotincta
Binomial name
Syllepte sulphureotincta (Hampson, 1918)
Synonyms
Sylepta sulphureotinctaHampson, 1918

Syllepte sulphureotincta is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1918. ^[1] It is endemic to Mozambique. ^[2]

The wingspan is about 24 millimetres (0.94 in). The forewings are white tinged with sulphur-yellow, the base and costal area pale rufous. The antemedial line is dark tinged with yellow, oblique to just below the cell, then erect. There is a dark annulus in the middle of the cell and a discoidal bar tinged with yellow and filled in with white. The postmedial line is dark tinged with yellow, excurved and waved between veins 5 and 2, then retracted to below the angle of the cell and angled outwards below the submedian fold. There is a similar faint line beyond it and a red-brown terminal line. The hindwings are white, the terminal area tinged with sulphur-yellow except at the tornus. There is a dark discoidal bar and the postmedial line is dark, bent outwards and waved between veins 5 and 2, then retracted to below the angle of the cell and erect to the inner margin. There is a faint waved brownish subterminal line and a red-brown 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 sulphureotincta (Hampson, 1918)". Afromoths. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
3. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .