Doxogenes pyrophanes

Doxogenes pyrophanes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lecithoceridae
Genus:	Doxogenes
Species:	D. pyrophanes
Binomial name
	Doxogenes pyrophanes; (Meyrick, 1905)
Synonyms
	Tipha pyrophanes Meyrick, 1905;

Doxogenes pyrophanes is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1905. It is found in Sri Lanka.^[1]

The wingspan of Doxogenes pyrophanes is about 20 millimetres. The forewings are deep orange, with the markings shining purplish leaden grey, with a small basal patch. There is a small spot in the disc at one-fifth and a very large patch occupying the entire apical two-thirds except towards the margins anteriorly, enclosing an irregularly triangular patch of ground colour in the disc at about three-fifths. The hindwings are grey.^[2]

References

^ Savela, Markku, ed. (December 30, 2014). "Doxogenes pyrophanes (Meyrick, 1905)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 16 (4): 594.

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[funet-1] Savela, Markku, ed. (December 30, 2014). "Doxogenes pyrophanes (Meyrick, 1905)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 27, 2020.

[2] Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 16 (4): 594.

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