Syllepte semilugens

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

Syllepte semilugens
Scientific classification
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

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.


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