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Species Desmia desmialis - Hodges#5168

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Pyraloidea (Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths)
Family Crambidae (Crambid Snout Moths)
Subfamily Spilomelinae
Tribe Nomophilini
Genus Desmia
Species desmialis (Desmia desmialis - Hodges#5168)

Hodges Number

5168

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Desmia desmialis (Barnes & McDunnough, 1914)
Ercta desmialis Barnes & McDunnough, 1914
Hymenia kaeberalis Haimbach, 1915
Phylogenetic Sequence # 801270

Size

wingspan ≈17–20 mm (1)

Range

south-western (AZ) (1)(2)(3)

Internet References

Wikipedia
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.Wikipedia
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Bob Biagi on 6 October, 2021 - 2:56pm

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