Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Crambidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Syllepte | |
Syllepte petroalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Schaus in 1927. It is found in the Philippines (Luzon).
The wingspan is about 24 mm. The wings are capucine buff with hair brown markings. The forewings have a fine outbent line antemedially from the costa to the inner margin and a subbasal fuscous small spot on the inner margin. There is a point in the cell, and line on the discocellular. The postmedial line is outbent and incurved from the costa to vein 5, then outbent and dentate to close to vein 2, inbent and downturned to the inner margin. There are smoky brownish suffusions through the cell and on the terminal area, leaving a clear capucine buff terminal line. The hindwings are suffused with smoky brownish except on the inner margin. There is a line on the discocellular and the postmedial line is well upbent below vein 3. The terminal line is as on the forewings.