''Pycnarmon syleptalis'' is a

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

in the family

Crambidae Crambidae comprises the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, with the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies ...

. It was described by

George Hampson Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet (14 January 1860 – 15 October 1936) was an English entomologist. Hampson studied at Charterhouse School and Exeter College, Oxford. He travelled to India to become a tea-planter in the Nilgiri Hills ...

in 1899. It is found in

Loja Province Loja Province () is one of 24 Provinces of Ecuador, provinces in Ecuador and shares its southern border on the west with El Oro Province, on the north with El Azuay, and on the east with Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Zamora-Chinchipe. Founded on i ...

Ecuador Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ...

. The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingsp ...

is about 40 mm. The forewings are ochreous, tinged with olive and irrorated (sprinkled) with olive-brown scales. The costal area and terminal area are suffused with brown. The antemedial line is dark and there is a point in the cell, as well as a prominent discoidal lunule. The postmedial line is marked by points and there is a terminal series of black points. The hindwings are whitish, with a black discoidal point. The postmedial line is very strongly bent outwards between veins 2 and 5. The termen is suffused with brown and there is a terminal series of black strigae.''Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London'' 1898: 621

References

Spilomelinae Moths described in 1899 Moths of South America {{Spilomelinae-stub