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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)