Doloessa

Doloessa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Doloessa; Zeller, 1848[1]
Synonyms
	Carcinoptera Ragonot, 1893; Thagora Walker, 1863;

Doloessa is a genus of snout moths (family Pyralidae). It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1848 and is known from India, Australia, New Guinea, Japan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and China.

Description

Veins 8 and 9 given off at intervals from vein 7. Male with a fascia of black scales on the ventral side of the forewings in and beyond the cell, and a similar subcostal fascia on the dorsal side of the hindwings.[2]

Species

Doloessa constellata Hampson, 1898
Doloessa hilaropis (Meyrick, 1897
Doloessa ochrociliella (Ragonot, 1893)
Doloessa viridis Zeller, 1848

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References

Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
Hampson, G. F. (1896). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths Volume IV. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[Pyraloidea_db-1] Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 24, 2018.

[2] Hampson, G. F. (1896). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths Volume IV. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.