Syllepte mesoleucalis

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

Syllepte mesoleucalis 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 30 millimetres (1.2 in). The wings are yellowish white, thickly irrorated (sprinkled) and suffused with fuscous grey. The forewings have a curved black antemedial line and a sinuous postmedial line excurved from the costa to vein 3, then bent inwards to vein 2 and oblique to the inner margin. The area between the two lines is without the fuscous irroration or suffusion from the costa to vein 2. There is a pale centered discoidal stigma. The hindwings have a pale costal area and cell, from the base to the black postmedial line. This line has pale with marks on the outer side. There is a discoidal black spot.[3]

References

Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Syllepte mesoleucalis Hampson, 1898". Afromoths. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1898: 724 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[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 mesoleucalis Hampson, 1898". Afromoths. Retrieved July 7, 2018.

[3] Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1898: 724 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.