Desmia paucimaculalis

Desmia paucimaculalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Desmia
Species:	D. paucimaculalis
Binomial name
	Desmia paucimaculalis; Hampson, 1898
Synonyms
	Desmia sepulchralis Warren, 1889 (preocc. Guenée);

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. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved April 6, 2018.

[2] Savela, Markku. "Desmia paucimaculalis 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: 632 – via Internet Archive. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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