Desmia paucimaculalis
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Species of moth
| Desmia paucimaculalis | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Desmia |
| Species: | D. paucimaculalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Desmia paucimaculalis Hampson, 1898
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Desmia paucimaculalis is a moth in the family Crambidae described by George Hampson in 1898.[1] It is found in Amazonas in Brazil[2] and in Honduras.
The wingspan is about 24 mm. The wings are black, the forewings with a small subtriangular hyaline (glass-like) spot in the cell and an elongate wedge-shaped bar beyond the cell. There is an oblique antemedial hyaline band on the hindwings.[3]
References
- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Desmia paucimaculalis Hampson, 1898". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (November 15, 1898). "A Revision of the Moths of the Subfamily Pyraustinae and Family Pyralidae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 632 – via Internet Archive. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.