Syllepte purpurascens

Syllepte purpurascens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Syllepte
Species: S. purpurascens
Binomial name
Syllepte purpurascens
(Hampson, 1899)
Synonyms
  • Sylepta purpurascens Hampson, 1899

Syllepte purpurascens is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1899.[1] It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, South Africa and Tanzania.[2]

The wingspan is about 36 mm. Adults are dark fuscous, suffused with purple, the forewings with the antemedial line slightly defined by grey on the inner side. There is a quadrate white spot in the end of the cell. The postmedial line is defined by grey on the outer side, with two dentate white marks below the costa, strongly excurved between veins 5 and 2, then retracted to below the angle of the cell, then excurved again. The hindwings have traces of a discoidal spot. The medial line is excurved between veins 5 and 2, and slightly defined by grey on the outer side.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. ↑ Afro Moths
  3. ↑ Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1898 : 714
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