''Syngropia'' is a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...

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 ...

genus of 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 ...

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 1912. Its one species, ''Syngropia stictica'', described in the same article, is found in

Guatemala Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...

. 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 22–26 mm. The forewings are yellowish white, with obliquely placed subdorsal blackish spots below the costa and above the inner margin. There is an anteraedial line from below the costa to the median nervure and a bar above the inner margin. The postmedial line is blackish, forming slight spots at veins, excurved between veins 6 and 3, then incurved. There are terminal blackish spots above veins 6 and 3. The hindwings are semi

hyaline A hyaline substance is one with a glassy appearance. The word is derived from , and . Histopathology Hyaline cartilage is named after its glassy appearance on fresh gross pathology. On light microscopy of H&E stained slides, the extracellula ...

yellowish white with an oblique blackish postmedial bar between veins 6 and 3 and an oblique line from vein 2 to the tornus. There are also terminal blackish spots at the apex and vein 3.

References

Spilomelinae Monotypic moth genera Crambidae genera Taxa named by George Hampson {{Spilomelinae-stub