Delogenes is a monotypic snout moth genus. Its only species, Delogenes limodoxa, is found in New Zealand. Both the genus and species were described by Edward Meyrick in 1918.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Subfamily: | Phycitinae |
| Genus: | Delogenes Meyrick, 1918[1] |
| Species: | D. limodoxa
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| Binomial name | |
| Delogenes limodoxa Meyrick, 1918
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The wingspan is about 24 mm. The forewings are elongate triangular and very narrow at the base. They are fuscous, finely and suffusedly irrorated (sprinkled) with white. The lines are dark brown sprinkled with blackish. The hindwings are light grey.[3]
References
edit- ^ Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Mally, Richard; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Li, Houhun; Schouten, Rob; Solis, M. Alma; Trofimova, Tatiana; De Prins, Jurate & Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2011). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Delogenes limodoxa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ^ Meyrick, E. (1918). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 50: 132 – via National Library of New Zealand.
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