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Crambidae 80a1071 – 5167   Desmia ploralis (Guenée, 1854)              Mournful Desmia

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Distribution: USA: Florida. Description/ Field Marks: Hampson (1912) described deploralis as sexually dimorphic with HW white median band of females divided by a black line vs. a solid line in males. It would seem that ploralis is sexually dimorphic too though this seems contradicted by the description in Möschler, [1882] of propinqualis, a current synonym of ploralis, based on what he lists, possibly an error, as a male specimen. Möschler's description and illustration seem to match that of female deploralis. - Steve Nanz (1/9/2021) Similar Species: Desmia deploralis Hampson, 1912 Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: ploralis Guenée 1854 (Aediodes) - MONA 1983: 5167; Type locality: French Guiana, Cayenne propinqualis Möschler [1882] (Desmia); Type locality: Suriname, Paramaribo repandalis Schaus 1920 (Desmia); Type locality: Guatemala, Chejel tages of authors not Cramer [1777] (Desmia) Taxonomic Notes: Desmia ploralis (Guenée, 1854) includes as synonyms, propinqualis Möschler, [1882] and repandalis Schaus, 1920 in Munroe, (1995:66).

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced. Guenée, M.A., 1854. Deltoïdes et Pyralites. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères, 8(8): 192. Munroe, E.G., V.O. Becker, J.C. Shaffer, M. Shaffer, M.A. Solis, 1995. Pyraloidea [60. Pyralidae]. Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Volume 3. Checklist: Part 2. Hyblaeoidea - Pyraloidea - Tortricoidea. Association for Tropical Lepidoptera and Scientific Publishers, Gainesville, FL, 34-79. Möschler, 1881. Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-Fauna von Surinam. IV. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 31: 430; pl. 18, fig. 37. Schaus, W., 1920. New species of Neotropical Pyraustinae (Lepid.). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 22(7–8): 183. Species Page at BugGuide.Net

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