Desmia pentodontalis is a moth of the family Crambidae described by George Hampson in 1989.[1] It is found in Ecuador.[2]
| Desmia pentodontalis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Desmia |
| Species: | D. pentodontalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Desmia pentodontalis Hampson, 1898
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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
edit- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Desmia pentodontalis 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: 631 – via Internet Archive.
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