Desmia parastigma

Desmia parastigma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Desmia
Species: D. parastigma
Binomial name
Desmia parastigma
Dyar, 1914

Desmia parastigma is a moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in Panama[1] and Costa Rica.[2]

The wingspan is about 29 mm. The forewings are black with two white hyaline spots. The costa of the hindwings is washed with sordid whitish and there is a little white dash across the cell, as well as a long whitish streak from the subcostal area to the tornus.[3]

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