Syllepte ochrotozona

Syllepte ochrotozona is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1898. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]

Syllepte ochrotozona
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S. ochrotozona
Binomial name
Syllepte ochrotozona
(Hampson, 1898)
Synonyms
  • Sylepta ochrotozona Hampson, 1898

The wingspan is about 36 mm. Adults are fuscous brown, the forewings with traces of a dentate black antemedial line angled inwards below the cell. There is a discocellular spot. There is an indistinct postmedial line, minutely dentate from the costa to vein 2, then retracted to the cell. The hindwings have a postmedial black line ending at the tornus, strongly defined on the outer side by ochreous, and dentate between veins 5 and 2. Both wings have a terminal series of ochreous and dark points.[2]

References

  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1898: 724


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