Your current chain: State of matter Life > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Subclass Pterygota > Order Lepidoptera > Superfamily Pyraloidea > Family Crambidae > Subfamily Spilomelinae > Tribe Nomophilini > Genus Desmia > Species Desmia subdivisalis
My image of Desmia subdivisalis, taken June 10, 2024 in Chalmette, LA, USA
FACT: These moths are on the wing for a startlingly short period, only from about April to August!
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