Syllepte retractalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1912.[1] It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana and Ivory Coast.[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. retractalis
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| Syllepte retractalis (Hampson, 1912)
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The wingspan is about 21 millimetres (0.83 in). The forewings are pale yellow, the costa and veins tinged with fulvous. The antemedial line is fuscous and oblique and there is a fuscous discoidal bar. The postmedial line is fuscous, slightly bent outwards between veins 5 and 2, then retracted to the lower angle of the cell, and oblique to the inner margin near the antemedial line. There is a fuscous terminal line. The hindwings are pale yellow with a fuscous discoidal spot and a fuscous postmedial line, bent outwards between veins 5 and 2, then retracted to the lower angle of the cell and oblique to above the tornus. There is also a fuscous terminal line.[3]
The larvae feed on Cola nitida and Theobroma cacao.
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 retractalis (Hampson, 1912)". Afromoths. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
- ^ Hampson, George F. (1912). "Descriptions of new Species of Pyralidae of the Subfamily Pyraustinae". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 8. 10. Taylor and Francis: 10 – via Internet Archive.
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