Desmia pentodontalis

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Desmia pentodontalis
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Domain: Eukaryota
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 of the family Crambidae described by George Hampson in 1989. [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 (glass-like) spot in the cell, as well as a lunulate (crescent-shaped) 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]

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References

  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Desmia pentodontalis Hampson, 1898". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
  3. 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: 631 via Internet Archive.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .