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Desmia mordor B. Landry & M. A. Solis, 2016

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Lepidoptera

Superfamily
Pyraloidea

Family
Crambidae

Genus
Desmia

Species
mordor

Taxon category: Accepted

The subfamily Spilomelinae is sometimes considered to belong to the Crambidae (= Crambiformes of Munroe), but it should continue to be considered a subgroup of Pyralidae sensu lato in my opinion (see Regier et al., 2012 for details). (Landry & Solis, 2016)

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Fernandina, Isabela, Pinta, Santa Cruz, Santiago

References

  • Landry, B. (2016) Taxonomic revision of the Spilomelinae (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae s. l.) of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Revue suisse de Zoologie (September 2016) 123(2): 315-399 - ISSN 0035-418

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"Galapagos Species Database, Desmia mordor", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18603. Accessed 3 November 2026.