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Dichromia

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Dichromia
Dichromia legrosi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Hypeninae
Genus: Dichromia
Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1854
Type species
Phalaena orosia Cramer, 1780[1]
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

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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

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Some species of this genus are:

References

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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.