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Syllepte trachelota

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Syllepte trachelota
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Syllepte
Species:
S. trachelota
Binomial name
Syllepte trachelota
(Turner, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Sylepta trachelota Turner, 1913

Syllepte trachelota is a moth in the family Crambidae described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1913. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]

The wingspan is 30–38 mm. The forewings are bright ferruginous mixed with ochreous yellow and with dark-fuscous markings. There is a sub-basal dorsal dot, a waved transverse line and a round subcostal dot, as well as a transverse median subcostal mark in the disc. A line starts at the costa. It is irregularly dentate, displaced outwards in the middle, then bent inwards to beneath the discal mark, and again bent to the mid-dorsum. There is a broad fuscous terminal band touching the posterior line. There is a series of dark-fuscous terminal dots on the veins. The hindwings are fuscous, suffused with ferruginous. There is an oblique dark fuscous mark towards the costa and a postmedian line which is displaced outwards in the middle and edged posteriorly with ochreous. The terminal dots and cilia are as on the forewings.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
  2. ^ Turner, A. Jefferis (1913). "Studies in Australian Lepidoptera, Pyralidae". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland. 24: 147 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.