Doloessa
Genus of moths
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Doloessa is a genus of snout moths (family Pyralidae). It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1848 and is known from India, Australia, New Guinea, Japan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and China.
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| Doloessa viridis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Tribe: | Tirathabini |
| Genus: | Doloessa Zeller, 1848[1] |
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Description
Veins 8 and 9 given off at intervals from vein 7. Male with a fascia of black scales on the ventral side of the forewings in and beyond the cell, and a similar subcostal fascia on the dorsal side of the hindwings.[2]
Species
- Doloessa constellata Hampson, 1898
- Doloessa hilaropis (Meyrick, 1897
- Doloessa ochrociliella (Ragonot, 1893)
- Doloessa viridis Zeller, 1848
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