Dichromia cognata is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1885.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka,[2] India, Hainan, Borneo, New Guinea, Bismarck Islands, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Dichromia |
| Species: | D. cognata
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| Binomial name | |
| Dichromia cognata (Moore, [1885])
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Male antennae have long cilia. In male genitalia, valves and saccus are long. Uncus more strongly curved.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Species Details: Hypena cognata Moore, 1885". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ^ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57 – via Academia.
- ^ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Dichromia cognata (Moore, [1885])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ^ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Dichromia cognata Moore". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
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