Biology:Desmia

Short description: Genus of moths

Desmia
Grape leaffolder (Desmia funeralis)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Subfamily:	Spilomelinae
Genus:	Desmia Westwood, 1832
Synonyms
Aediodes Guenée, 1854 Arna Walker, 1856 Hyalitis Guenée, 1854

Desmia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was erected by John O. Westwood in 1832.

Species

• Desmia albisectalis (Dognin, 1905)
• Desmia albitarsalis Hampson, 1917
• Desmia angustalis Schaus, 1920
• Desmia anitalis Schaus, 1920
• Desmia bajulalis (Guenée, 1854)
• Desmia benealis Schaus, 1920
• Desmia bifidalis Hampson, 1912
• Desmia bigeminalis (Dognin, 1905)
• Desmia bourguignoni Ghesquière, 1942
• Desmia ceresalis Walker, 1859
• Desmia chryseis Hampson, 1898
• Desmia ciliata (Swinhoe, 1894)
• Desmia clarkei Amsel, 1956
• Desmia clytialis Walker, 1859
• Desmia cristinae Schaus, 1912
• Desmia ctenuchalis (Dognin, 1907)
• Desmia daedala (Druce, 1895)
• Desmia decemmaculalis Amsel, 1956
• Desmia dentipuncta Hampson, 1912
• Desmia deploralis Hampson, 1912
• Desmia desmialis (Barnes & McDunnough, 1914)
• Desmia discrepans (Butler, 1887)
• Desmia extrema (Walker, 1856)
• Desmia falcatalis E. Hering, 1906
• Desmia filicornis Munroe, 1959
• Desmia flavalis Schaus, 1912
• Desmia flebilialis (Guenée, 1854)
• Desmia funebralis Guenée, 1854
• Desmia funeralis (Hübner, 1796)
• Desmia geminalis Snellen, 1875
• Desmia geminipuncta Hampson, 1912
• Desmia girtealis Schaus, 1920
• Desmia grandisalis Schaus, 1912
• Desmia hadriana (Druce, 1895)
• Desmia herrichialis E. Hering, 1906
• Desmia hoffmannsi E. Hering, 1906
• Desmia ilsalis Schaus, 1920
• Desmia incomposita (Bethune-Baker, 1909)
• Desmia intermicalis (Guenée, 1854)
• Desmia jonesalis Schaus, 1920
• Desmia julialis Schaus, 1920
• Desmia lacrimalis Hampson, 1912
• Desmia leucothyris (Dognin, 1909)
• Desmia lycopusalis Walker, 1859
• Desmia melaleucalis Hampson, 1899
• Desmia melanalis (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
• Desmia melanopalis Hampson, 1912
• Desmia mesosticta Hampson, 1912
• Desmia microstictalis Hampson, 1904
• Desmia minnalis Schaus, 1920
• Desmia mortualis Hampson, 1912
• Desmia naclialis Snellen, 1875
• Desmia natalialis Schaus, 1920
• Desmia niveiciliata E. Hering, 1906
• Desmia octomaculalis Amsel, 1956
• Desmia odontoplaga Hampson, 1898
• Desmia pantalis Dyar, 1927
• Desmia parastigma Dyar, 1927
• Desmia paucimaculalis Hampson, 1898
• Desmia pentodontalis Hampson, 1898
• Desmia perfecta Butler, 1882
• Desmia peruviana E. Hering, 1906
• Desmia phaiorrhoea Dyar, 1914
• Desmia pisusalis Walker, 1859
• Desmia ploralis (Guenée, 1854)
• Desmia quadrimaculata E. Hering, 1906
• Desmia quadrinotalis Herrich-Schäffer, 1871
• Desmia recurvalis Schaus, 1940
• Desmia revindicata E. Hering, 1906
• Desmia ruptilinealis Hampson, 1912
• Desmia semirufalis (Hampson, 1918)
• Desmia semivacualis Dognin, 1903
• Desmia sepulchralis Guenée, 1854
• Desmia stenizonalis Hampson, 1912
• Desmia stenoleuca Hampson, 1912
• Desmia strigivitralis (Guenée, 1854)
• Desmia subdivisalis Grote, 1871
• Desmia tages (Cramer, 1777)
• Desmia tellesalis Walker, 1859
• Desmia tenuimaculata Hering, 1906
• Desmia tenuizona Hampson, 1912
• Desmia tetratocera Dyar, 1914
• Desmia trimaculalis E. Hering, 1906
• Desmia ufeus (Cramer, 1777)
• Desmia unipunctalis (Druce, 1895)
• Desmia validalis Dognin, 1903
• Desmia vicina Dognin, 1906
• Desmia vulcanalis (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
• Desmia zebinalis Walker, 1859

Former species

• Desmia horaria Meyrick, 1937, now Desmia incomposita (Bethune-Baker, 1909)

Status unknown

• Desmia sextalis

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5264614 entry