Syllepte semilugens
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Syllepte |
| Species: | S. semilugens
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Syllepte semilugens is a moth in the family Crambidae that is known from Cameroon, Sierra Leone and Equatorial Guinea.[2]
The wingspan is approx. 33–38 millimetres (1.3–1.5 in). The forewings have a fulvous yellow basal area with a subbasal black spot on the inner margin. There is a medial pale yellow band with a slight brownish point in middle of the cell. The terminal half is pale brownish with a faint dark discoidal bar and some yellowish on the costa beyond the middle. The hindwings have a pale yellow basal half, while the terminal half is pale brownish.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Syllepte semilugens (Hampson, 1912)". Afromoths. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
- ^ (in German) Gaede, M., Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, Bd. 8 (1915-17), p.394.
- ^ Hampson, George F. (1912). "Descriptions of new Species of Pyralidae of the Subfamily Pyraustinae". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 8. 10. Taylor & Francis: 9 – via Internet Archive.
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