Desmia ufeus

Desmia ufeus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Desmia
Species: D. ufeus
Binomial name
Desmia ufeus
(Cramer, 1777)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena (Noctua) ufeus Cramer, 1777
  • Aediodes orbalis Guenée, 1854
  • Desmia bulisalis Walker, 1859
  • Desmia divisalis Walker, 1866
  • Desmia prognealis Walker, 1859
  • Desmia viduatalis Möschler, 1890
  • Hyalitis ufealis Guenée, 1854

Desmia ufeus is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Cramer in 1777. It is found in Surinam, French Guiana, Costa Rica, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico,[1][2] Jamaica, Cuba and Florida.[3]

The wingspan is about 23 mm. Adults are on wing year round.

References

  1. ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. ↑ BOLD Systems
  3. ↑ mothphotographersgroup


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, March 05, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.