Syllepte disticta

Syllepte disticta is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1912. It is found in Papua New Guinea.[1]

Syllepte disticta
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S. disticta
Binomial name
Syllepte disticta
(Hampson, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Sylepta disticta Hampson, 1912

The wingspan is about 32 mm. The forewings are fuscous brown with a purplish-grey gloss and with small white postmedial spots above and below vein 7. There is a punctiform (dotted) white line at the base of the cilia. The hindwings are fuscous brown with a cupreous gloss and with a fine white line at the base of the cilia.[2]

References

  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  2. Hampson, George F. (July 1912). "Descriptions of new Species of Pyralidae of the Subfamily Pyraustinae". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8. Taylor and Francis. 10 (55): 18 via Internet Archive.


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