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Doxogenes philodoxa

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Doxogenes philodoxa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Doxogenes
Species:
D. philodoxa
Binomial name
Doxogenes philodoxa
(Meyrick, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Tingentera philodoxa Meyrick, 1908

Doxogenes philodoxa is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are orange, posteriorly mixed with dark purplish-fuscous suffusion and with a narrow dark blue-leaden-metallic streak from the base of the costa to the disc at one-third, then bent downwards and irregularly thickened to the dorsum before the tornus. There is a dark purplish-fuscous streak along the dorsum from near the base, containing a leaden-metallic streak, running into this posteriorly and there is also a triangular suffused dark purplish-fuscous patch in the disc beyond two-thirds, confluent beneath with these streaks. The termen is suffused with deep bronzy purple. The hindwings are blackish fuscous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (December 30, 2014). "Doxogenes philodoxa (Meyrick, 1908)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  2. ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 18 (2): 452. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.