Doloessa ochrociliella

Doloessa ochrociliella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Doloessa
Species: D. ochrociliella
Binomial name
Doloessa ochrociliella
Ragonot, 1893[1]
Synonyms
  • Carcinoptera ochrociliella Ragonot, 1893
  • Doloessa plumbolineella Ragonot, 1901
  • Doloessa plumbolinella Hampson, 1917
  • Thagora castanella Hampson, 1896

Doloessa ochrociliella is a species of snout moth in the genus Doloessa. It was described by Ragonot in 1893, and is known from Japan, Australia and Sri Lanka.[2]

Description

The wingspan of male is 18 mm and 20 mm in female.[3] Male very pale chestnut colored. Fore wings with curved antemedial line, the area beyond it suffused with rufous. A black discocellular specks and an obliquely curved postmedial line present. Fascia on underside of fore wings and upperside of hind wings blackish. Female with base and costa of fore wings deeper rufous, where the rest of the wings pale. The antemedial and postmedial lines and discocellular speck almost obsolete.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. ↑ "Doloessa ochrociliella (Ragonot, 1893)". Butterfly House. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Japanese Moths". Jpmoth.org. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
  4. ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iv". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.


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