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Dichromia

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Dichromia
Dichromia legrosi
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Dichromia

Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1854
Type species
Phalaena orosia Cramer, 1780[1]
Synonyms
  • Ametropalpis Mabille, 1884
  • Eugorna Holland, 1894
  • Camhypena Prout, 1927

Dichromia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1854.

Description

Palpi roughly scaled, where the second joint long and porrect. Third joint obliquely upturned and ending in a naked point. A sharp frontal tuft present. Antennae minutely ciliated in 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.[2]

Species

Some species of this genus are:

References

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