Desmia chryseis

Desmia chryseis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Desmia
Species: D. chryseis
Binomial name
Desmia chryseis
Hampson, 1898
Synonyms
  • Desmia chryseis ab. briseis Hering, 1906

Desmia chryseis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1898.[1] It is found in Venezuela[2] and Peru.

The wingspan is about 32 mm. The forewings are orange-yellow with a purplish fuscous antemedial line and base of the costa. The terminal third is purplish fuscous except on the costa. The hindwings have a purplish fuscous band on the termen.[3]

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