Syllepte fulviceps
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Species: | S. fulviceps
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Syllepte fulviceps Bethune-Baker, 1909
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Syllepte fulviceps is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1909.[1] It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Orientale).[2]
The wingspan is about 38 mm. Both wings are uniform pale slate-grey, with a lustrous bluish-lilac sheen in certain lights. The forewings have a very fine small subbasal pencil of dark purplish scales just below vein 1.[3]
References
- ^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ^ Afromoths
- ^ biostor.org