| Syllepte leucodontia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Syllepte |
| Species: | S. leucodontia |
| Binomial name | |
| Syllepte leucodontia (Hampson, 1898) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Syllepte leucodontia is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Indonesia (Sulawesi, Ambon Island), Papua New Guinea and Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]
Adults are fuscous with a slight purplish gloss, the forewings have an indistinct dark antemedial line bent outwards to the inner margin. There are large dark orbicular and reniform spots in the cell, situated on a pale streak. The postmedial line is curved from the costa to vein 2 and defined by whitish. The hindwings have a dark discoidal spot on a pale ground. The postmedial line is white.[2]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ The Philippine journal of science
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