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Desmia Westwood 1832
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Desmia Westwood, 1832
Containing 92 species (Nuss et al., 2016), Desmia is mostly Neotropical, with 82 species described from the region (Munroe, 1995). Species of Desmia harbour similar wing colour and pattern, white markings on a black or dark background (see Figs 12, 13). The males and females can exhibit sexual dimorphism in, for example, wing pattern, antennae, and legs. This is a complicated group that is being studied by MAS, and although several genera within Desmia have been discovered, many other new Desmia species have been discovered using mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase I sequences.
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Published as part of Bernard Landry, 2016, Taxonomic revision of the Spilomelinae (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae s. l.) of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, pp. 315-399 in Revue suisse de Zoologie 123 (2) on page 323, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.155309
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- Scientific name authorship
- Westwood
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Pyralidae
- Genus
- Desmia
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Desmia Westwood, 1832 sec. Landry, 2016
References
- Nuss M., Landry B., Vegliante F., Trankner A., Mally R., Hayden J. E., Bauer F., Segerer A., Li H., Schouten R., Solis M. A., Trofimova T., De Prins J., Speidel W. 2003 - 2016. Global Information System on Pyraloidea. www. pyraloidea. org. Last accessed: 1 June 2016.
- Munroe E. G. 1995. Crambidae (Crambinae, Schoenobiinae, Cybalomiinae, Linostinae, Glaphyriinae, Dichogaminae, Scopariinae, Musotiminae, Midilinae, Nymphulinae, Odontiinae, Evergestinae, Pyraustinae). Pp. 34 - 79. In: Heppner, J. B., Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 2. Hyblaeoidea - Pyraloidea - Tortricoidea 3. Association for Tropical Lepidoptera & Scientific Publishers, Gainesville.