Syllepte retractalis

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

Syllepte retractalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1912.^[1] It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana and Ivory Coast.^[2]

The wingspan is about 21 mm. The forewings are pale yellow, the costa and veins tinged with fulvous. The antemedial line is fuscous and oblique and there is a fuscous discoidal bar. The postmedial line is fuscous, slightly bent outwards between veins 5 and 2, then retracted to the lower angle of the cell, and oblique to the inner margin near the antemedial line. There is a fuscous terminal line. The hindwings are pale yellow with a fuscous discoidal spot and a fuscous postmedial line, bent outwards between veins 5 and 2, then retracted to the lower angle of the cell and oblique to above the tornus. There is also a fuscous terminal line.^[3]

The larvae feed on Cola nitida and Theobroma cacao.

References

1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
2. Afro Moths
3. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 10 (55): 13