Dichromia thermesialis

Dichromia thermesialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Dichromia
Species: D. thermesialis
Binomial name
Dichromia thermesialis
(Walker, [1866])
Synonyms
  • Hypena thermesialis Walker, [1866]
  • Hypena modesta Moore, 1882
  • Hypena rectifascia Hampson, 1891
  • Hypena aroa Bethune-Baker, 1908
  • Hypena propinqua Rothschild, 1920

Dichromia thermesialis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1866.[1] It is found in India, Sri Lanka,[2] China, Sumatra, Borneo and New Guinea.[3]

Forewings dark blackish grey. There is an obscurely darker, transverse antemedial. Whitish postmedial is slightly triarcuate. Apical lens obscure. Caterpillar cylindrical with slightly tapering ends. Head shiny, pale yellowish with brown freckles. Setae are on black chalazae. Body dull blackish. Faint white subdorsal, lateral and subspiracular lines visible. Larval host plants are Pouzolzia species.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Species Details: Pachyrhabda bacterias Meyrick, 1913". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  2. ↑ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 – via Academia.
  3. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Dichromia thermesialis (Walker, [1866])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "Dichromia thermesialis Walker comb. n." The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 28 June 2018.


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