Desmia discrepans
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Arthropoda
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| Class: | Insecta
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| Species: | D. discrepans
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| Binomial name | |
| Desmia discrepans (Butler, 1887)
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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.[1] It is also found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.
Adults are black with large white patches on the wings.[2]
Subspecies[]
- Desmia discrepans discrepans (Solomon Islands)
- Desmia discrepans dissimulalis Rothschild, 1915 (Papua New Guinea)
References[]
- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ^ Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia
Categories:
- Moths described in 1887
- Desmia
- Moths of New Guinea
- Moths of Oceania
- Desmia stubs