Biology:Desmia paucimaculalis

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Short description: Species of moth

Desmia paucimaculalis
Scientific classification edit
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

  1. Nuss, M. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved April 6, 2018. 
  2. Savela, Markku. "Desmia paucimaculalis Hampson, 1898". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/pyraloidea/crambidae/pyraustinae/desmia/#paucimaculalis. 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. https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofgen98scie#page/632/mode/1up.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q13586341 entry