Syllepte xylocraspis

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

Syllepte xylocraspis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1912. [1] It is found in South Africa. [2]

The wingspan is 32–34 mm. The forewings are orange-yellow, the costa tinged with fulvous. There is a broad terminal red-brown band and an indistinct curved brown antemedial line, as well as a small brown spot in the middle of the cell and larger discoidal spot. The postmedial line is brown, strong and obliquely incurved from the costa to the terminal band at vein 5, at vein 2 retracted to below the end of the cell and erect to the inner margin. The hindwings are orange-yellow with a broad brown terminal band. There is an oblique brown discoidal striga and the postmedial line is brown, rather strong, excurved between veins 5 and 2. [3]

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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 xylocraspis (Hampson, 1912)". Afromoths. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  3. ↑ The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology


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