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Desmia chryseis
Desmia chryseis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1898. It is found in Venezuela and Peru.
The wingspan is about 32 mm. The forewings are orange yellow with a purplish-fuscous antemedial line and base of the costa. The terminal third is purplish fuscous except on the costa. The hindwings have a purplish-fuscous band on the termen.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1076033.