Desmia odontoplaga

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]

Desmia odontoplaga
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Desmia
Species:
D. odontoplaga
Binomial name
Desmia odontoplaga
Hampson, 1898
Synonyms
  • Desmia aclistalis Dyar, 1914

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
  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Desmia odontoplaga 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: 633 – via Internet Archive.


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