Dichromia

Dichromia
Dichromia legrosi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Hypeninae
Genus: 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:

  • 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 isoplocalis Viette, 1956
  • Dichromia legrosi (Guillermet, 1992)
  • Dichromia limbopunctata (Strand, 1915)
  • Dichromia mesomelaena (Hampson, 1902)
  • Dichromia mutilata (Strand, 1909)
  • Dichromia nasuta (Mabille, 1884)
  • Dichromia opulenta (Christoph, 1877)
  • 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

  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. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  • Savela, Markku. "Dichromia Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1854". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  • Lödl, (2001). "Morphometry and relation patterns in male genitalia of noctuids (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)". Quadrifina. Bd.4:5-33.


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