Desmia parastigma

Desmia parastigma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Desmia
Species:
D. parastigma
Binomial name
Desmia parastigma
Dyar, 1914

Desmia parastigma is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914. It is found in Panama[1] and Costa Rica.[2]

The wingspan is about 29 mm. The forewings are black with two white hyaline (glass-like) spots. The costa of the hindwings is washed with sordid (dirty) whitish and there is a little white dash across the cell, as well as a long whitish streak from the subcostal area to the tornus.[3]

References

  1. ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku. "Desmia parastigma Dyar, 1914". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
  3. ^ Proceedings of the United States National Museum 47 (2050): 261 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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