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Dichromia
Sign in to saveDichromia is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1854.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyErebidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 10
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Erebidae
- Collections
- YPM, MNHN, FMNH, BPBM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Tanzania, Madagascar, Ethiopie, Australia
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Dichromia is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1854.
==Description== 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.
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