Desmia chryseis

Desmia chryseis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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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. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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