Syllepte disticta is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1912. It is found in Papua New Guinea.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Syllepte |
| Species: | S. disticta
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| Binomial name | |
| Syllepte disticta (Hampson, 1912)
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The wingspan is about 32 mm. The forewings are fuscous brown with a purplish-grey gloss and with small white postmedial spots above and below vein 7. There is a punctiform (dotted) white line at the base of the cilia. The hindwings are fuscous brown with a cupreous gloss and with a fine white line at the base of the cilia.[2]
References
edit- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
- ^ Hampson, George F. (July 1912). "Descriptions of new Species of Pyralidae of the Subfamily Pyraustinae". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8. 10 (55). Taylor and Francis: 18 – via Internet Archive.
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