Syllepte semilugens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Syllepte
Species:
S. semilugens
Binomial name
Syllepte semilugens
(Hampson, 1912)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sylepta semilugens Hampson, 1912
  • Neurina africalis Gaede, 1917

Syllepte semilugens is a moth in the family Crambidae that is known from Cameroon, Sierra Leone and Equatorial Guinea.[2]

The wingspan is approx. 33–38 millimetres (1.3–1.5 in). The forewings have a fulvous yellow basal area with a subbasal black spot on the inner margin. There is a medial pale yellow band with a slight brownish point in middle of the cell. The terminal half is pale brownish with a faint dark discoidal bar and some yellowish on the costa beyond the middle. The hindwings have a pale yellow basal half, while the terminal half is pale brownish.[3]

References

  1. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Syllepte semilugens (Hampson, 1912)". Afromoths. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  2. ↑ (in German) Gaede, M., Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, Bd. 8 (1915-17), p.394.
  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 & Francis. 10: 9 – via Internet Archive. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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