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.

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