Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Pyralidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Doloessa | |
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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.
Description
The wingspan of male is 18 mm and 20 mm in female. 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.
References
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