Doxogenes ecliptica

Doxogenes ecliptica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lecithoceridae
Genus:	Doxogenes
Species:	D. ecliptica
Binomial name
	Doxogenes ecliptica; (Meyrick, 1908)
Synonyms
	Tingentera ecliptica Meyrick, 1908;

Doxogenes ecliptica is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are dark purplish fuscous, posteriorly broadly suffused with metallic bronze and with a deep fiery orange band occupying the basal two-fifths of the wing except a very small basal patch, the posterior edge concave, emitting a narrow subdorsal projection to beyond the middle. In the middle of this band is a small leaden-metallic spot. The hindwings are dark fuscous with rather broad pale orange costal and submedian streaks of modified scales, confluent towards the base, the latter grooved towards the base and enclosing an expansible pencil of long pale orange hairs.[2]

References

Savela, Markku, ed. (December 30, 2014). "Doxogenes ecliptica (Meyrick, 1908)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 18 (2): 451.

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[funet-1] Savela, Markku, ed. (December 30, 2014). "Doxogenes ecliptica (Meyrick, 1908)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 27, 2020.

[2] Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 18 (2): 451.