Desmia discrepans

Desmia discrepans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Desmia
Species:
D. discrepans
Binomial name
Desmia discrepans
(Butler, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Aediodes discrepans Butler, 1887
  • Desmia dissimulalis Rothschild, 1915

Desmia discrepans is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1887. It is found in Papua New Guinea and on the Solomon Islands.[1] It is also found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.

Adults are black with large white patches on the wings.[2]

Subspecies

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

References

  1. ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. ^ Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia


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