Syllepte semilugens

Syllepte semilugens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Spilomelinae
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 Crambidae family that is known from Cameroon, Sierra Leone and Guinea Equatorial.[2]

The wingspan is approx. 33–38 mm. 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. afromoths
  2. (in German) Gaede, M., Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, Bd. 8 (1915-17), p.394
  3. The annals and magazine of natural history: zoology, botany, and geology


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