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Syllepte hyalescens

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Crambidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Syllepte

Syllepte hyalescens is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1898. It is found in Nigeria.

The wingspan is about 28 mm. Adults are pale yellowish brown, the wings thinly scaled and with brown veins. The forewings have a fuscous subbasal mark on the inner margin and an antemedial oblique line. There is a discoidal lunule and the postmedial line is oblique from the costa to vein 2, where it is retracted to the angle of the cell, then oblique to the inner margin near the antemedial line. The termen is fuscous. The hindwings have a discoidal bar and the postmedial line is oblique from the costa to vein 2, where it is retracted to the angle of the cell, and reaching the inner margin near the tornus. The termen is fuscous and the cilia grey at the tips.

References

Syllepte hyalescens Wikipedia