Sylepta

Bland, Keith P., 2010, Name-bearing Types of Lepidoptera (Insecta), excluding Rhopalocera, in the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, Zootaxa 2394, pp. 1-22 : 8

Sylepta [sic] SEMINIGRALIS Kaye, 1925

Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1924 (3 & 4), 413–428 [424], pl. XLV: fig. 18. Junior homonym of Syllepte seminigralis (Warren, 1896) , replacement name and current accepted combination Syllepte kayei Klima, 1939 (see Munroe 1995).

Holotype, female, pinned:

Specimen data: “Palmiste | 17|1|22” [Handwritten (by Lamont)]. “ Type | H.T.” [Round, red bordered label]. “Lamont | Collection | 1950-16” [Printed] and another label “ Type ” [Handwritten in red ink] glued to it. “ Sylepta seminigralis Kaye ” [Handwritten Lamont cabinet label].

Remarks: The holotype was collected at Palmiste, Trinidad, 17 January 1922, by Sir N. Lamont. The specimen is illustrated in colour in Pl. XLV: fig. 18 ( Kaye 1925, Kaye & Lamont 1927).