Desmia paucimaculalis explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nuss . M. . etal . 2003–2017 . GlobIZ search . Global Information System on Pyraloidea . April 6, 2018.
  2. Web site: Savela . Markku . Desmia paucimaculalis Hampson, 1898 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . 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 . Internet Archive.

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