Syllepte sulphureotincta explained

Syllepte sulphureotincta is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1918.[1] It is endemic to Mozambique.[2]

The wingspan is about . The forewings are white tinged with sulphur-yellow, the base and costal area pale rufous. The antemedial line is dark tinged with yellow, oblique to just below the cell, then erect. There is a dark annulus in the middle of the cell and a discoidal bar tinged with yellow and filled in with white. The postmedial line is dark tinged with yellow, excurved and waved between veins 5 and 2, then retracted to below the angle of the cell and angled outwards below the submedian fold. There is a similar faint line beyond it and a red-brown terminal line. The hindwings are white, the terminal area tinged with sulphur-yellow except at the tornus. There is a dark discoidal bar and the postmedial line is dark, bent outwards and waved between veins 5 and 2, then retracted to below the angle of the cell and erect to the inner margin. There is a faint waved brownish subterminal line and a red-brown terminal 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 sulphureotincta (Hampson, 1918) . Afromoths . February 28, 2018.
  3. //archive.org/stream/ser9annalsmagazi01londuoft/ser9annalsmagazi01londuoft_djvu.txt The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology