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Desmia pentodontalis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Crambidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Desmia

Desmia pentodontalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in Ecuador.

The wingspan is about 34 mm. The forewings are black-brown with a cupreous tinge and with a hyaline spot in the cell, as well as a lunulate 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.

References

Desmia pentodontalis Wikipedia