Biology:Doloessa

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Short description: Genus of moths

Doloessa
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Tribe: Tirathabini
Genus: Doloessa
Zeller, 1848[1]
Synonyms
  • Carcinoptera Ragonot, 1893
  • Thagora Walker, 1863

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 .

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

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5289450 entry