Syllepte microstictalis explained

Syllepte microstictalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1918.[1] It is found in Cameroon.[2]

The wingspan is about 28 mm. The forewings are dark brown with a cupreous gloss and a faint curved dark antemedial line with a slight whitish spot before it in the cell. There is a small quadrate white spot in the end of the cell defined on each side by black-brown. There is also a slight whitish postmedial bar from below the costa to the discal fold, then a very faint dark line, retracted to below the angle of the cell, then excurved. The hindwings are dark brown with a cupreous gloss and a fine pale line at the base of the cilia followed by a dark line.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nuss . M. . etal . 2003–2014 . GlobIZ search . Global Information System on Pyraloidea . 2014-07-15.
  2. Web site: De Prins . J. . De Prins . W. . amp . 2017 . Syllepte microstictalis (Hampson, 1918) . Afromoths . February 28, 2018.
  3. https://archive.org/stream/ser9annalsmagazi01londuoft/ser9annalsmagazi01londuoft_djvu.txt The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology