Desmia odontoplaga
Appearance
Desmia odontoplaga | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Desmia |
Species: | D. odontoplaga
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Binomial name | |
Desmia odontoplaga Hampson, 1898
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Desmia odontoplaga is a moth in the family Crambidae described by George Hampson in 1898. It is found in Panama[1] and Brazil (Paraná, Lower Amazons).[2]
The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are fuscous brown with a cupreous tinge. There is an elliptic white spot in and below the middle of the cell with a speck beyond its lower point and an obscure line from it to the inner margin, as well as a white postmedial patch. There is a large medial white patch on the hindwings.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Desmia odontoplaga 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: 633 – via Internet Archive. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.