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Syllepte zarialis

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Syllepte zarialis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Syllepte
Species:
S. zarialis
Binomial name
Syllepte zarialis
(C. Swinhoe, 1917)
Synonyms
  • Sylepta zarialis C. Swinhoe, 1917

Syllepte zarialis is a moth in the family Crambidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1917. It is found in Papua New Guinea.[1]

Adults are cream coloured, almost pure white, the forewings with the costa pale chocolate and an outer marginal fine line, as well as a little apical suffusion of the same colour. The hindwings have the outer marginal line very faintly touched with the same tint of colour.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Mally, Richard; Hayden, James; Bauer, Franziska; Segerer, Andreas; Li, Houhun; Schouten, Rob; Solis, M. Alma; Trofimova, Tatiana; De Prins, Jurate & Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. ^ Swinhoe, C. (1917). "New Species of Indo-Malayan Lepidoptera". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (8) 19 (112): 342. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.