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Desmia discrepans

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Crambidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Desmia

Desmia discrepans is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Butler in 1887. It is found in Papua New Guinea and on the Solomon Islands. It is also found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.

Adults are black with large white patches on the wings.

Subspecies

  • Desmia discrepans discrepans (Solomon Islands)
  • Desmia discrepans dissimulalis Rothschild, 1915 (Papua New Guinea)

    • References

    Desmia discrepans Wikipedia
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