Biology:Doloessa viridis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Doloessa |
| Species: | D. viridis
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| Doloessa viridis Zeller, 1848[1]
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Doloessa viridis is a species of snout moth (family Pyralidae) in the genus Doloessa. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1848 and is known from Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, China , Australia (Queensland), Taiwan, the Philippines and the Solomons.
Description
The wingspan is about 20–24 mm. The male has a pale brownish head and thorax. Abdomen whitish. Forewings emerald green, the base and costa brown. There is an antemedial brown speck found below the costa and another in the cell. An oblique brown patches series from discocellulars to inner margin. Postmedial and submarginal minutely dentate brown bands from vein 6 to inner margin, where the former excurved between veins 5 and 2. Cilia brownish. Hindwings whitish with brown margin.[2]
The larvae feed on Khaya ivorensis, Aglaia wallichii and Cocos nucifera as well as the seeds of Shorea, rice, Sorghum and maize.[3]
References
- ↑ Nuss, M. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
- ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1896). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths Volume IV. Taylor and Francis. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180032#page/5/mode/1up.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ↑ Herbison-Evans, Don; Crossley, Stella (5 February 2010). "Doloessa viridis Zeller, 1848". http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/pyra/viridis.html. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5289456 entry
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