Desmia discrepans

Desmia discrepans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
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. It is also found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.

Adults are black with large white patches on the wings.

Subspecies

References

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