Doxogenes phalaritis

Doxogenes phalaritis is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1905. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

Doxogenes phalaritis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lecithoceridae
Genus:
Doxogenes
Species:
D. phalaritis
Binomial name
Doxogenes phalaritis
(Meyrick, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Tipha phalaritis Meyrick, 1905

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
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (December 30, 2014). "Doxogenes phalaritis (Meyrick, 1905)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  2. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 16 (4): 594.


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