Dichromia

Dichromia
	Dichromia legrosi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Hypeninae
Genus:	Dichromia; Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1854
Type species
	Phalaena orosia Cramer, 1780;
Synonyms
	Ametropalpis Mabille, 1884; Eugorna Holland, 1894; Camphypena Prout, 1927;

Dichromia is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1854.^[2]

Description

Palpi roughly scaled, where the second joint long and porrect (extending forward). Third joint obliquely upturned and ending in a naked point. A sharp frontal tuft present. Antennae minutely ciliated in the male. Forewings with the depressed and slightly acute apex. Veins 8 and 9 anastomosing (fusing) to form the areole. Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 from angle of cell. Vein 5 from below middle of discocellulars and veins 6 and 7 from upper angle.^[3]

Species

Some species of this genus are:

Dichromia aculeifera (Aurivillius, 1925)
Dichromia albistriga (Mabille, 1900)
Dichromia amica Butler, 1878
Dichromia ampullata Holloway, 2008
Dichromia aroa (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
Dichromia carninalis Viette, 1956
Dichromia claripennis Butler, 1878
Dichromia cognata (Moore, 1885)
Dichromia erastrialis (Walker, 1866)
Dichromia euthygramma (Prout, 1921)
Dichromia fascifera (Holland, 1894)
Dichromia frustalis Warren, 1913
Dichromia indicatalis Walker, 1859
Dichromia isoplocalis Viette, 1956
Dichromia legrosi (Guillermet, 1992)
Dichromia limbopunctata (Strand, 1915)
Dichromia mesomelaena (Hampson, 1902)
Dichromia mutilata (Strand, 1909)
Dichromia nasuta (Mabille, 1884)
Dichromia occatus (Moore, 1882)
Dichromia opulenta (Christoph, 1877)
Dichromia orosia Meyrick, 1913
Dichromia otiata Swinhoe, 1901
Dichromia pullata Moore, 1885
Dichromia quadralis Walker, 1859
Dichromia quinqualis Walker, 1859
Dichromia rationalis Viette, 1956
Dichromia sagitta (Fabricius, 1775)
Dichromia semlikiensis (Prout, 1921)
Dichromia sieglinde Viette, 1956
Dichromia thermesialis (Walker, 1866)
Dichromia thomensis (Prout, 1927)
Dichromia triangularis (Moore, 1882)
Dichromia trigonalis Guenée, 1854
Dichromia triplicalis Walker, 1859
Dichromia xanthaspisalis Viette, 1956

References

^ Lödl, (1993). "Notes on the synonymy of the genera Hypena Schrank, 1802, Dichromia, Guenée, 1854 and Harita Moore, 1882 (Lep. Noctuidae: Hypeninae)". Zeitschreift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen. 45 (1/2).
^ Savela, Markku (July 31, 2019). "Dichromia Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1854". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
^ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Lödl (2001). "Morphometry and relation patterns in male genitalia of noctuids (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)". Quadrifina. Bd. 4: 5-33.

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[1] Lödl, (1993). "Notes on the synonymy of the genera Hypena Schrank, 1802, Dichromia, Guenée, 1854 and Harita Moore, 1882 (Lep. Noctuidae: Hypeninae)". Zeitschreift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen. 45 (1/2).

[2] Savela, Markku (July 31, 2019). "Dichromia Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1854". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 11, 2020.

[3] Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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