''Doryodes desoto'' is a

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

of the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwin ...

first described by J. Donald Lafontaine and James Bolling Sullivan in 2015. It is found along the Gulf Coast of the US state of

Florida Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...

between

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and Gulf County. The habitat consists of coastal salt marshes. The length of the forewings is 16 mm. The forewings are whitish buff with slightly darker buff and pale-gray streaks and a prominent blackish-brown stripe along the middle of the wing, curving upward and tapered at about three-fourths from the base. The stripe is narrower than for '' Doryodes spadaria'' and '' Doryodes okaloosa'', but wider than for '' Doryodes bistrialis''. The stripe is bordered by a narrow white line above extending to three-fourths from the base, and with a similar white line below the stripe extending from above the forewing tornus almost to the wing apex. The hindwings are white with a very faint buffy tone. Adults are on wing in January, February and July.

Etymology

The species is named after Ft. De Soto Park, Florida.

References

Moths described in 2015 Doryodes Moths of North America {{Euclidiini-stub