Biology:Dichromia sagitta

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Short description: Species of moth

Dichromia sagitta
Dichromia sagitta (Fabricius, 1775) cropped from Cramer-Stoll.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Dichromia
Species:
D. sagitta
Binomial name
Dichromia sagitta
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms[1]
  • Noctua sagitta Fabricius, 1775
  • Phalaena (Noctua) orosia Cramer, 1780
  • Phalaena (Noctua) macularis Hübner, 1787

Dichromia sagitta is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found in India ,[2] Macau,[3] Hong Kong,[4] Japan and Taiwan.

Biology

The larvae had been recorded on Marsdenia species, Marsdenia volublis (Apocynaceae), Tylophora asthamatica, Tylophora ovata[5] and Tylophora indica, an Asclepiadaceae.[6]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13520968 entry