Syllepte viridivertex

Syllepte viridivertex
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Syllepte
Species: S. viridivertex
Binomial name
Syllepte viridivertex
(Schaus, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Sylepta viridivertex Schaus, 1920

Syllepte viridivertex is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Schaus in 1920. It is found in Venezuela.[1]

The wingspan is about 30 mm. The wings are thinly scaled brownish grey with dull dark brown lines. The antemedial line on the forewings is slightly outcurved and there is a dark line on the discocellular not reaching the lower angle of the cell. There is a dentate postmedial line from the subcostal. The hindwings are more thinly scaled at the base and there is a dark line on the discocellular. The postmedial line is faintly dentate.[2]

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