Xyleutes desdemona is a moth in the family Cossidae first described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. and William Schaus in 1937.[1] It is found in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo.[2]

Xyleutes desdemona
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Xyleutes
Species:
X. desdemona
Binomial name
Xyleutes desdemona
Dyar & Schaus, 1937

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Xyleutes desdemona​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  2. ^ "Xyleutes desdemona". Collections Search Center. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved July 23, 2020.