Syllepte fulviceps

Syllepte fulviceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Syllepte
Species: S. fulviceps
Binomial name
Syllepte fulviceps
Bethune-Baker, 1909

Syllepte fulviceps is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Bethune-Baker in 1909.[1] It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Orientale).[2]

The wingspan is about 38 mm. Both wings are uniform pale slate-grey, with a lustrous bluish-lilac sheen in certain lights. The forewings have a very fine small subbasal pencil of dark purplish scales just below vein 1.[3]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Afro Moths
  3. biostor.org


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