Desmia
Encyclopedia
Desmia is a genus
of moth
s of the Crambidae
family.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s of the Crambidae
Crambidae
The Crambidae are the grass moth family of Lepidoptera . They are quite variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae taking up closely folded postures on grass-stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies include brightly coloured and patterned insects which rest in...
family.
Species
- Desmia albisectalis (Dognin, 1905)
- Desmia albitarsalis
- Desmia angustalis Schaus, 1920
- Desmia anitalis Schaus, 1920
- Desmia bajulalis (Guenée, 1854)
- Desmia benealis Schaus, 1920
- Desmia bifidalis Hampson, 1912
- Desmia bigeminalis (Dognin, 1905)
- Desmia bourguignoni Ghesquière, 1942
- Desmia ceresalis Walker, 1859
- Desmia chryseis
- Desmia clarkei
- Desmia clytialis Walker, 1859
- Desmia cristinae Schaus, 1912
- Desmia ctenuchalis (Dognin, 1907)
- Desmia daedala (Druce, 1895)
- Desmia decemmaculalis
- Desmia dentipuncta Hampson, 1912
- Desmia deploralis Hampson, 1912
- Desmia desmialis (Barnes & McDunnough, 1914)
- Desmia discrepans (Butler, 1887)
- Desmia extrema (Walker, 1856)
- Desmia falcatalis
- Desmia filicornis Munroe, 1959
- Desmia flavalis Schaus, 1912
- Desmia flebilialis (Guenée, 1854)
- Desmia funebralis Guenée, 1854
- Desmia funeralisDesmia funeralisThe Grape Leaffolder is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found across the southern parts of the United States to California, north to the north-eastern states and south-eastern Canada....
(Hübner, 1796) - Desmia geminalis Snellen, 1875
- Desmia geminipuncta Hampson, 1912
- Desmia girtealis Schaus, 1920
- Desmia grandisalis Schaus, 1912
- Desmia hadriana (Druce, 1895)
- Desmia herrichialis
- Desmia hoffmannsi
- Desmia ilsalis Schaus, 1920
- Desmia intermicalis (Guenée, 1854)
- Desmia jonesalis Schaus, 1920
- Desmia julialis Schaus, 1920
- Desmia lacrimalis Hampson, 1912
- Desmia leucothyris (Dognin, 1909)
- Desmia melaleucalis Hampson, 1899
- Desmia melanalis (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer in C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
- Desmia melanopalis Hampson, 1912
- Desmia mesosticta Hampson, 1912
- Desmia microstictalis Hampson, 1904
- Desmia minnalis Schaus, 1920
- Desmia mortualis Hampson, 1912
- Desmia naclialis
- Desmia natalialis Schaus, 1920
- Desmia niveiciliata E. Hering, 1906
- Desmia octomaculalis
- Desmia odontoplaga
- Desmia pantalis
- Desmia parastigma
- Desmia paucimaculalis
- Desmia pentodontalis
- Desmia peruviana E. Hering, 1906
- Desmia phaiorrhoea
- Desmia pisusalis
- Desmia ploralis (Guenée, 1854)
- Desmia quadrimaculata
- Desmia quadrinotalis
- Desmia recurvalis Schaus, 1940
- Desmia revindicata E. Hering, 1906
- Desmia ruptilinealis Hampson, 1912
- Desmia semirufalis
- Desmia semivacualis
- Desmia sepulchralis Guenée, 1854
- Desmia sextalis
- Desmia stenizonalis Hampson, 1912
- Desmia stenoleuca Hampson, 1912
- Desmia strigivitralis (Guenée, 1854)
- Desmia subdivisalis Grote, 1871
- Desmia tages (Cramer, 1777)
- Desmia tenuimaculata
- Desmia tenuizona Hampson, 1912
- Desmia tetratocera
- Desmia trimaculalis E. Hering, 1906
- Desmia ufeus (Cramer, 1777)
- Desmia unipunctalis (Druce, 1895)
- Desmia validalis Dognin, 1903
- Desmia vicina
- Desmia vulcanalis (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer in C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)