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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 edit

  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.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.