Syllepte atrisquamalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1912.[1] It is endemic to Tanzania.[2]
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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. atrisquamalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Syllepte atrisquamalis (Hampson, 1912)
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The wingspan is about 32 millimetres (1.3 in). The forewings are yellowish white with small spots formed of aggregated black scales beyond the lower angle of the cell below veins 5, 4 and 3. The hindwings are yellowish white with an irroration of large black scales in, beyond and below the end of the cell.[3]
References
edit- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Syllepte atrisquamalis (Hampson, 1912)". Afromoths. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
- ^ "Descriptions of new Species of Pyralidae of the Subfamily Pyraustinae". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 8. 10 (55): 13.
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