Desmia chryseis

Desmia chryseis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Desmia
Species:	D. chryseis
Binomial name
	Desmia chryseis; Hampson, 1898
Synonyms
	Desmia chryseis ab. briseis Hering, 1906;

Desmia chryseis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1898.[1] It is found in Venezuela[2] and Peru.

The wingspan is about 32 mm. The forewings are orange yellow with a purplish-fuscous antemedial line and base of the costa. The terminal third is purplish fuscous except on the costa. The hindwings have a purplish-fuscous band on the termen.[3]

References

Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
Savela, Markku. "Desmia chryseis 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.

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[1] Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved April 6, 2018.

[2] Savela, Markku. "Desmia chryseis 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.