Syllepte macallalis

Syllepte macallalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by West in 1931. It is found in the Philippines (Luzon).[1]

Syllepte macallalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Syllepte
Species:
S. macallalis
Binomial name
Syllepte macallalis
(West, 1931)
Synonyms
  • Sylepta macallalis West, 1931

The wingspan is about 40 millimetres (1.6 in). The forewings are white, the veins buff-brown and buff-brown on the costa. The subbasal area is buff-brown on the upper half, the distal edge reaching down to the inner margin. The antemedial fascia consists of a deeply dentate, buff-brown line and the spot in the cell and another on the discocellulars are buff-brown. The postmedial fascia are buff-brown, commencing at the costa as a line, inwardly oblique to the base of a vein, sharply angled, then outwardly oblique to vein 4, where it becomes a wide suffusion to the inner margin. The subterminal fascia consists of a buff-brown line inwardly oblique to vein 4, slightly excurved to vein 2, where it is merged into the suffusion of the postmedial. The subterminal area is suffused with buff-brown. The hindwings are cream-colour, the postmedial fascia consisting of a faint buff-brown line from the costa to vein 3. The subterminal area is lightly suffused with buff-brown.[2]

References
  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. "Descriptions of new species of Japanese, Formosan and Philippine Pyralidae". Novitates Zoologicae. BioStor. 36: 206–219. 1931. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.10112.


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