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.

Desmia paucimaculalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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)

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

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