Biology:Dichromia occatus

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Short description: Species of moth

Dichromia occatus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Dichromia
Species:
D. occatus
Binomial name
Dichromia occatus
(Moore, 1882)
Synonyms
  • Hypena occatus Moore, 1882
  • Hypena crassipalpis Butler, 1889
  • Hypena hampsonialis Wileman, 1911

Dichromia occatus is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1882.[1] It is found in the India n subregion, Sri Lanka,[2] Taiwan, Japan , Korea, Laos, Borneo, the Philippines , Sulawesi, Java and Bali.[3]

Forewings ashy grey. There is a fine triarcuate, oblique postmedial. Antemedial irregularly angled. Apical patch stepped, dentate, zigzag.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q55642987 entry