Desmia odontoplaga

Desmia odontoplaga
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Desmia
Species: D. odontoplaga
Binomial name
Desmia odontoplaga
Hampson, 1898
Synonyms
  • Desmia aclistalis Dyar, 1914

Desmia odontoplaga is a moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in Panama[1] and Brazil (Paraña, Lower Amazons).[2]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are fuscous brown with a cupreous tinge. There is an elliptic white spot in and below the middle of the cell with a speck beyond its lower point and an obscure line from it to the inner margin, as well as a white postmedial patch. There is a large medial white patch on the hindwings.[3]

References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Desmia at funet
  3. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1898: 633


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