Desmia pentodontalis is a moth of the family Crambidae described by George Hampson in 1989.[1] It is found in Ecuador.[2]

Desmia pentodontalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Desmia
Species:
D. pentodontalis
Binomial name
Desmia pentodontalis
Hampson, 1898

The wingspan is about 34 mm. The forewings are black-brown with a cupreous tinge and with a hyaline (glass-like) spot in the cell, as well as a lunulate (crescent-shaped) spot in the end of the cell and a lunulate spot below the cell with a whitish mark below it. There is a hyaline postmedial band. There is irregular medial hyaline band on the hindwings, as well as an irregular postmedial line.[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 pentodontalis 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: 631 – via Internet Archive.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.