Desmia pentodontalis

Desmia pentodontalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Desmia
Species: D. pentodontalis
Binomial name
Desmia pentodontalis
Hampson, 1898

Desmia pentodontalis is a moth in the Crambidae family.[1] It is found in Ecuador.[2]

The wingspan is about 34 mm. The forewings are black-brown with a cupreous tinge and with a hyaline spot in the cell, as well as a lunulate spot in the end of the cell and a lunulate spot below the cell with a whitish mark below it. There is a hyaline postmedial band. There is irregular medial hyaline band on the hindwings, as well as an irregular postmedial line.[3]

References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Desmia at funet
  3. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1898: 631


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