Syllepte pseudovialis

Syllepte pseudovialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Syllepte
Species:	S. pseudovialis
Binomial name
	Syllepte pseudovialis; (Hampson, 1912)
Synonyms
	Sylepta pseudovialis Hampson, 1912;

Syllepte pseudovialis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1912. It is found in India (Sikkim, Assam), Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Borneo and Indonesia (Pulo Laut).^[1]

The wingspan is about 30 mm. The forewings are fuscous brown with a slight cupreous gloss with traces of a whitish antemedial line from the cell to the inner margin with a more or less distinct spot beyond it in the cell. There is a quadrate white spot in the end of the cell and a postmedial line forming an elliptical white spot. The hindwings are fuscous brown with a cupreous gloss with a faint dark discoidal lunule and a postmedial line with a small white spot below the costa, then a slight, whitish and bent outwards between veins 6 and 2, then bent inwards to below the end of the cell and more distinct and oblique to above the tornus.^[2]

References

↑ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
↑ The moths of India. Supplementary paper to the volumes in 'The Fauna of British India'. Series IV, Part V This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.

[2] The moths of India. Supplementary paper to the volumes in 'The Fauna of British India'. Series IV, Part V This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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