Desmodium is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae, sometimes called tick-trefoil, tick clover, hitch hikers or beggar lice. There are dozens of species and the delimitation of the genus has shifted much over time. Species are distributed widely – from Quebec to northern Argentina in the Americas, across northern and southern tropical Africa, in the southern Arabian Peninsula, in Myanmar and Thailand, New Guinea, and northern and eastern Australia.
Cecropterus pylades, the northern cloudywing, is a butterfly species of the family Hesperiidae.
Thorybes bathyllus, the southern cloudywing, is a North American butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. Southern cloudywings can be difficult to identify because of individual variation and confusing seasonal forms. In the south, where it has two broods per year, two seasonal forms occur. Spring forms are usually lightly marked and resemble confused cloudywings. Summer forms tend to be more boldly marked, by comparison, making identification easier. However, summer confused cloudywings are also strongly patterned, which makes identifying them more difficult. Their rapid flight is very erratic, though it is closer to the ground than in some of its close relatives.
Porphyrosela is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Porphyrosela dorinda is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines and Taiwan.
Porphyrosela aglaozona is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known in Australia in the states of New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria and on Fiji.
Porphyrosela dismochrysa is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Australian states of New South Wales and South Australia.
Spulerina dissotoma is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from India (Bihar), Japan, Korea, the Russian Far East and Taiwan.
Chrysaster hagicola is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan, Korea and the Russian Far East.
Porphyrosela alternata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan, Malaysia, Nepal and Taiwan. This species is a well-known pest of cotton.
Cameraria virgulata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the states of West Bengal and Karnataka in India, the Ryukyu Islands of Japan and from Nepal.
Porphyrosela neodoxa is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Bihar, India.
Phyllonorycter aberrans is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known Ohio, Florida, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, South Carolina and Tennessee in the United States.
Liocrobyla paraschista is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Fiji, India and Japan and Korea.
Liocrobyla desmodiella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan and the Russian Far East.
Liocrobyla kumatai is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan, the Russian Far East and Korea.
Caloptilia violacella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Illinois, Missouri, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, New York and Texas in the United States.
Parectopa lespedezaefoliella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Québec, Canada, and Maine, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Michigan in the United States.
Lespedeza cuneata is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common names Chinese bushclover and sericea lespedeza, or just sericea. It is native to Asia. and it is present elsewhere as an introduced species and sometimes an invasive plant. Australian populations of Lespedeza juncea have sometimes been considered to belong to this species but are now considered to be distinct.
