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Delogenes

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Pyralidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Species
  
D. limodoxa

Delogenes is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Meyrick in 1918, and contains the species D. limodoxa. It is found in New Zealand.

The wingspan is about 24 mm. The forewings are elongate-triangular and very narrow at the base. They are fuscous, finely and suffusedly irrorated with white. The lines are dark brown sprinkled with blackish. The hindwings are light grey.

References

Delogenes Wikipedia