''Desmia'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was erected by John O. Westwood in 1832. The majority of species are found in South America, South and Central America, though there are species in Africa, Asia, and North America. Most ''Desmia'' are small brown moths with variable white spots on the wings, although some such as ''Desmia flavalis'' are orange without white markings. Others, like ''Desmia filicornis'', have a blue-green sheen. The end of the abdomen is often curved upward. The larvae are generally small leafroller caterpillars and some species, such as ''Desmia funeralis'', are known to be agricultural pests on grape, grapevines. Southern New World species may feed on Rubiaceae, wild coffee. ''Desmia'' species in North America are visually similar and often must be distinguished by DNA or genitalia.

Species

*''Desmia albisectalis'' (Dognin, 1905) *''Desmia albitarsalis'' Hampson, 1917 *''Desmia angustalis'' Schaus, 1920 *''Desmia anitalis'' Schaus, 1920 *''Desmia bajulalis'' (Guenée, 1854) *''Desmia benealis'' Schaus, 1920 *''Desmia bifidalis'' Hampson, 1912 *''Desmia bigeminalis'' (Dognin, 1905) *''Desmia bourguignoni'' Ghesquière, 1942 *''Desmia ceresalis'' Walker, 1859 *''Desmia chryseis'' Hampson, 1898 *''Desmia ciliata'' (Swinhoe, 1894) *''Desmia clarkei'' Amsel, 1956 *''Desmia clytialis'' Walker, 1859 *''Desmia cristinae'' Schaus, 1912 *''Desmia ctenuchalis'' (Dognin, 1907) *''Desmia daedala'' (Druce, 1895) *''Desmia decemmaculalis'' Amsel, 1956 *''Desmia dentipuncta'' Hampson, 1912 *''Desmia deploralis'' Hampson, 1912 *''Desmia desmialis'' (Barnes & McDunnough, 1914) *''Desmia discrepans'' (Butler, 1887) *''Desmia extrema'' (Walker, 1856) *''Desmia falcatalis'' E. Hering, 1906 *''Desmia filicornis'' Munroe, 1959 *''Desmia flavalis'' Schaus, 1912 *''Desmia flebilialis'' (Guenée, 1854) *''Desmia funebralis'' Guenée, 1854 *''Desmia funeralis'' (Hübner, 1796) *''Desmia geminalis'' Snellen, 1875 *''Desmia geminipuncta'' Hampson, 1912 *''Desmia girtealis'' Schaus, 1920 *''Desmia grandisalis'' Schaus, 1912 *''Desmia hadriana'' (Druce, 1895) *''Desmia herrichialis'' E. Hering, 1906 *''Desmia hoffmannsi'' E. Hering, 1906 *''Desmia ilsalis'' Schaus, 1920 *''Desmia incomposita'' (Bethune-Baker, 1909) *''Desmia intermicalis'' (Guenée, 1854) *''Desmia jonesalis'' Schaus, 1920 *''Desmia julialis'' Schaus, 1920 *''Desmia lacrimalis'' Hampson, 1912 *''Desmia leucothyris'' (Dognin, 1909) *''Desmia lycopusalis'' Walker, 1859 *''Desmia melaleucalis'' Hampson, 1899 *''Desmia melanalis'' (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) *''Desmia melanopalis'' Hampson, 1912 *''Desmia mesosticta'' Hampson, 1912 *''Desmia microstictalis'' Hampson, 1904 *''Desmia minnalis'' Schaus, 1920 *''Desmia mortualis'' Hampson, 1912 *''Desmia naclialis'' Snellen, 1875 *''Desmia natalialis'' Schaus, 1920 *''Desmia niveiciliata'' E. Hering, 1906 *''Desmia octomaculalis'' Amsel, 1956 *''Desmia odontoplaga'' Hampson, 1898 *''Desmia pantalis'' Dyar, 1927 *''Desmia parastigma'' Dyar, 1927 *''Desmia paucimaculalis'' Hampson, 1898 *''Desmia pentodontalis'' Hampson, 1898 *''Desmia perfecta'' Butler, 1882 *''Desmia peruviana'' E. Hering, 1906 *''Desmia phaiorrhoea'' Dyar, 1914 *''Desmia pisusalis'' Walker, 1859 *''Desmia ploralis'' (Guenée, 1854) *''Desmia quadrimaculata'' E. Hering, 1906 *''Desmia quadrinotalis'' Herrich-Schäffer, 1871 *''Desmia recurvalis'' Schaus, 1940 *''Desmia revindicata'' E. Hering, 1906 *''Desmia ruptilinealis'' Hampson, 1912 *''Desmia semirufalis'' (Hampson, 1918) *''Desmia semivacualis'' Dognin, 1903 *''Desmia sepulchralis'' Guenée, 1854 *''Desmia stenizonalis'' Hampson, 1912 *''Desmia stenoleuca'' Hampson, 1912 *''Desmia strigivitralis'' (Guenée, 1854) *''Desmia subdivisalis'' Grote, 1871 *''Desmia tages'' (Cramer, 1777) *''Desmia tellesalis'' Walker, 1859 *''Desmia tenuimaculata'' Hering, 1906 *''Desmia tenuizona'' Hampson, 1912 *''Desmia tetratocera'' Dyar, 1914 *''Desmia trimaculalis'' E. Hering, 1906 *''Desmia ufeus'' (Cramer, 1777) *''Desmia unipunctalis'' (Druce, 1895) *''Desmia validalis'' Dognin, 1903 *''Desmia vicina'' Dognin, 1906 *''Desmia vulcanalis'' (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) *''Desmia zebinalis'' Walker, 1859

Former species

*''Desmia horaria'' Meyrick, 1937, now ''Desmia incomposita'' (Bethune-Baker, 1909)

Status unknown

*''Desmia sextalis''

References

Desmia, Spilomelinae Crambidae genera Taxa named by John O. Westwood {{Desmia-stub