Synclera retractilinea

Synclera retractilinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Synclera
Species:	S. retractilinea
Binomial name
Synclera retractilinea (Hampson, 1917)
Synonyms
Pagyda retractilineaHampson, 1917

Synclera retractilinea is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1917. ^[1] It is found in Kenya. ^[2]

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are white, the costal and terminal areas with a faint ochreous tinge. There is a curved yellow-brown antemedial line and a slight brown mark in the middle of the cell and a discoidal bar. The postmedial line is yellow brown, rather oblique to vein 5, then erect to below vein 3, then retracted to the lower angle of the cell and rather oblique to the inner margin. There is a curved rather indistinct and diffused yellow-brown subterminal line, somewhat dentate between two of the veins. There is a fine yellow-brown terminal line. The hindwings are white, the terminal area with a faint ochreous tinge. The postmedial line is yellow brown, straight and erect to below vein 3, then retracted to the lower angle of the cell and rather oblique to the inner margin. There is a curved yellow-brown subterminal line, incurved at vein 3 to the angle of the postmedial line and ending at the tornus. There is also a fine yellow brown terminal line, except towards the tornus. ^[3]

References

1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. As Pagyda retractilinea. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Synclera retractilinea (Hampson, 1917)". Afromoths. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
3. Hampson, George F. (1917). "Descriptions of New Pyralidae of the Subfamily Pyraustinae". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8. Taylor and Francis. 20 (119): 377 – via Internet Archive.