Species Desmia ufeus - Hodges#5162

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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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

Genus Desmia

Species ufeus (Desmia ufeus - Hodges#5162)

Hodges Number

5162

Explanation of Names

Desmia ufeus (Cramer, 1777)

Phalaena ufeus Cramer, 1777

Aediodes orbalis Guenée, 1854

Desmia bulisalis Walker, 1859

Desmia divisalis Walker, 1866

Desmia prognealis Walker, 1859

Desmia viduatalis Möschler, 1890

Remarks

Type locality: Surinam

Print References

Cramer, P. 1777 ["1779"]: De uitlandsche kapellen, voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America [Papillons exotiques, des trois parties du monde l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amerique], 2: 2, pl. 97 fig. E

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 21 November, 2010 - 7:27pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 22 April, 2016 - 5:01pm

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