Syllepte nasonalis

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Syllepte nasonalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Syllepte
Species:
S. nasonalis
Binomial name
Syllepte nasonalis
(Hampson, 1898)
Synonyms
  • Sylepta nasonalis Hampson, 1898

Syllepte nasonalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1898.[1] It is endemic to South Africa.[2]

The wingspan is about 32 millimetres (1.3 in). The forewings are yellowish brown with a dark-edged hyaline (glass-like) spot in the cell, conjoined to one below. There is a quadrate spot in the end of the cell and a dark postmedial line running out to an angle on vein 5, then retracted to below the angle of the cell, with a series of hyaline spots on its outer edge. The outer area is fuscous brown. The hindwings are fuscous brown with a dark antemedial line, angled on vein 5 and with an irregular hyaline band beyond it. Both wings have a dark marginal line.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Syllepte nasonalis Hampson, 1898". Afromoths. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
  3. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1898). "A Revision of the Moths of the Subfamily Pyraustinae and Family Pyralidae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Zoological Society of London: 724. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.