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Crambidae
80a1070 – 5166   Desmia deploralis Hampson, 1912
             Deploring Desmia

© Carol Wolf
Distribution: USA: FL
Type locality: Jamaica ♀; Paraguay ♂
Similar Species:
  • Desmia ploralis (Guenée, 1854)
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy: Desmia deploralis Hampson, 1912
References
  • Hampson, G.F., 1912. Descriptions of new species of Pyralidae of the subfamily Pyraustinae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany and Geology, (ser. 8) 9: 244.
  • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
Desmia deploralis
© Jeff Hollenbeck
Desmia deploralis
© Bob Patterson
Desmia deploralis
– © James Hayden
Desmia deploralis
LG – © Jim Troubridge
Desmia deploralis
© Jim Vargo

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