Syllepte ningpoalis
Species of moth
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Syllepte ningpoalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by John Henry Leech in 1889. It is found in China.[1]
| Syllepte ningpoalis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Syllepte |
| Species: | S. ningpoalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Syllepte ningpoalis (Leech, 1889) | |
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The wingspan is about 32 mm. The forewings are fuscous brown with a pale yellow quadrate spot about the middle of the wing towards the costa, followed by a large irregular-shaped blotch of the same colour, beyond which are two colon-like dots. The central portion of the costa is orange. The hindwings are fuscous brown, rather paler along the inner margin.[2]
