Syllepte molybdopasta
| Syllepte molybdopasta | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Syllepte |
| Species: | S. molybdopasta |
| Binomial name | |
| Syllepte molybdopasta (Hampson, 1918) | |
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Syllepte molybdopasta is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1918. It is found in Papua New Guinea, where it has been recorded from the Bismarck Archipelago (Rook Island).[1]
The wingspan is about 38 mm. Adults are grey-brown with a leaden gloss, the forewings glossy grey-brown with a dark discoidal bar. The postmedial line is indistinct and brown, faintly defined on the outer side by whitish, excurved and very slightly waved from vein 6 to 2, then retracted to below the angle of the cell and erect to the inner margin. The hindwings are glossy grey-brown.[2]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ The Philippine journal of science
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