Syllepte torsipex (Hampson, 1898)

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FAMILY	Crambidae
SUBFAMILY	Spilomelinae
GENUS	Syllepte
SPECIES	torsipex
AUTHOR	(Hampson, 1898)
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Sylepta [sic] torsipex, n. sp.
TYPE LOCALITY	Sierra Leone, 10.i.1896, leg. W. G. Clements.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	/
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Holotype ♂, no. 1054996, BMNH.
STATUS	Species
PUBLICATION	Hampson G. F. 1899a. A revision of the moths of the subfamily Pyraustinae and family Pyralidae, part 1. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1898(4):590–761, pls 49–50.
PAGINATION	715–716; pl. 49, fig. 12

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the		Strand E. 1913b. Lepidoptera aus dem belgischen Kongo. - Archiv für Naturgeschichte 78 (A) (1912)(12):89–100.	100
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Katanga	Ghesquière J. 1942a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (deuxième partie). - Annales du Musée du Congo belge, Zoologie [3, Arthropodes] section 2, Catalogues raisonnés (3) 7:121–240.	152
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Equateur	Ghesquière J. 1942a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (deuxième partie). - Annales du Musée du Congo belge, Zoologie [3, Arthropodes] section 2, Catalogues raisonnés (3) 7:121–240.	152
Côte d'Ivoire		Ghesquière J. 1942a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (deuxième partie). - Annales du Musée du Congo belge, Zoologie [3, Arthropodes] section 2, Catalogues raisonnés (3) 7:121–240.	152
Sierra Leone		Hampson G. F. 1899a. A revision of the moths of the subfamily Pyraustinae and family Pyralidae, part 1. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1898(4):590–761, pls 49–50.	716
Zambia		Hampson G. F. 1910c. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1910(2):388–510, pls 36–41.	498

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