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