Trichromia

Trichromia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. The members of this genus are largely indigenous to South America.[1]

Trichromia
Trichromia onytes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Phaegopterina
Genus: Trichromia
Hübner, [1819]
Synonyms
  • Neritos Walker, 1855
  • Antiloba Weymer, 1895

Species

Former species

  • Trichromia apiciplaga (Rothschild, 1909)
  • Trichromia chrysozona (Schaus, 1905)
  • Trichromia flavipurpurea (Dognin, 1914)
  • Trichromia hampsoni (Rothschild, 1909)
  • Trichromia nigricollum (Dognin, 1892)
  • Trichromia syntomoides (Rothschild, 1910)

References and notes

  1. Savela, Markku. "Trichromia Hübner, [1819]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
  • Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
  • Laguerre 2011: [Contribution to the knowledge of Neotropical Arctiidae VII. Description of a new species of Trichromia Huebner from French Guyana with a curious case of mimicry (Lepidoptera Arctiidae Arctiinae).] Entomologiste, '67'(1): 33-38. [not seen]
  • Toulgoët, H. de, 1982: Résultats d'un voyage entomologique privé en Guyane Française, 1980, et description de nouvelles espèces d'Arcttides néotropicales (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie 12 (2): 165-173.
  • Toulgoët, H. de, 1991: Le genre Trichromia Hübner 1816, caractéristiques, composition et limites (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Arctiinae) . Lambillionea 91 (2): 127-136.


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