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Syllepte leucodontia is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Indonesia (Sulawesi, Ambon Island), Papua New Guinea and Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]

Syllepte leucodontia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Syllepte
Species:	S. leucodontia
Binomial name
Syllepte leucodontia (Hampson, 1898)
Synonyms
Sylepta leucodontia Hampson, 1898 Anthaeretis limata T. P. Lucas, 1898

Adults are fuscous with a slight purplish gloss, the forewings have an indistinct dark antemedial line bent outwards to the inner margin. There are large dark orbicular and reniform spots in the cell, situated on a pale streak. The postmedial line is curved from the costa to vein 2 and defined by whitish. The hindwings have a dark discoidal spot on a pale ground. The postmedial line is white.[2]

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