Biology:Dichromia quinqualis

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Short description: Species of moth

Dichromia quinqualis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Dichromia
Species:
D. quinqualis
Binomial name
Dichromia quinqualis
Walker, 1859
Synonyms
  • Hypena duplicalis Walker, 1859
  • Hypena quinqualis

Dichromia quinqualis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in the South Pacific including: Fiji, Queensland and Java.[1]

Biology

The larvae feed on Cynanchum elegans, an Apocynaceae.[2]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q13520970 entry