Syllepis latimarginalis

Syllepis latimarginalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Syllepis
Species: S. latimarginalis
Binomial name
Syllepis latimarginalis
Munroe, 1970

Syllepis latimarginalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Munroe in 1970. It is found in Colombia.[1]

The wingspan is about 30 mm. The costa and terminal area of the forewings are dark chocolate brown. The costa is a little paler just beyond the middle. There is an oblique white band running antero-distad from basad of the middle of the posterior margin, ending along and beyond the anterior margin of the cell. There is a black line dividing the white medial and chocolate terminal bands, and a black line traversing the terminal band. The hindwings are white with a narrow black basal patch and there is a large subtriangular chocolate brown apical patch.[2]

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