Syllepte molybdopasta

Syllepte molybdopasta is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1918. It is found in Papua New Guinea, where it has been recorded from the Bismarck Archipelago (Rook Island).^[1]

The wingspan is about 38 mm. Adults are grey-brown with a leaden gloss, the forewings glossy grey-brown with a dark discoidal bar. The postmedial line is indistinct and brown, faintly defined on the outer side by whitish, excurved and very slightly waved from vein 6 to 2, then retracted to below the angle of the cell and erect to the inner margin. The hindwings are glossy grey-brown.^[2]

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