Desmia paucimaculalis

Desmia paucimaculalis
Scientific classification
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

Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
Savela, Markku. "Desmia paucimaculalis 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: 632 – 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 paucimaculalis 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: 632 – via Internet Archive.