Desmia odontoplaga

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;

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]

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

^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
^ Savela, Markku. "Desmia odontoplaga 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] "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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