Doxogenes phalaritis
| Doxogenes phalaritis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Doxogenes |
| Species: | D. phalaritis |
| Binomial name | |
| Doxogenes phalaritis (Meyrick, 1905) | |
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Doxogenes phalaritis is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1905. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]
The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are deep reddish-orange with purplish-fuscous markings. There is a very small basal patch and a discal dot at one-fifth, as well as a reniform blotch in the disc slightly before the middle and a terminal blotch occupying the posterior fourth of the wing. The hindwings are rather dark fuscous.[2]
References
- ↑ "Doxogenes". nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
- ↑ J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 16 (4): 594
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