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Syllectra erycata
Arthur de Jesús Chavarría Pérez, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Butterflies & moths

Syllectra erycata

Names

English—
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese—
Sranan Tongokapelka (general name for the group)
Scientific nameSyllectra erycata Cramer

About this species

Syllectra erycata is a moth in the family Erebidae first described by Pieter Cramer in 1780. It is found from Florida, Texas and the Antilles (Jamaica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Kitts, Hispaniola, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, Grenada) to Brazil, Peru, Suriname and Bolivia.

The wingspan is about 35 mm.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyErebidae
GenusSyllectra

In Suriname

1Records in Suriname
1iNaturalist observations
2019First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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