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Desmia odontoplaga
Gerry van Tonder, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Butterflies & moths

Desmia odontoplaga

Names

English—
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese—
Sranan Tongokapelka (general name for the group)
Scientific nameDesmia odontoplaga Hampson, 1898

About this species

Desmia odontoplaga is a moth in the family Crambidae described by George Hampson in 1898. It is found in Panama and Brazil (Paraná, Lower Amazons).

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are fuscous brown with a cupreous tinge. There is an elliptic white spot in and below the middle of the cell with a speck beyond its lower point and an obscure line from it to the inner margin, as well as a white postmedial patch. There is a large medial white patch on the hindwings.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyCrambidae
GenusDesmia

In Suriname

8Records in Suriname
8iNaturalist observations
2019First record
2025Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Brokopondo4
  • Sipaliwini2
  • Marowijne1
  • Para1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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