Dichromia pullata is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1885.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka[2] and India.[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. pullata
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| Binomial name | |
| Dichromia pullata Moore, 1885
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Adult wingspan is 34 mm. Palpi roughly scaled with long and porrect (extending forward) second joint. Third joint obliquely upturned. Head, thorax, abdomen and wings are black brown. Basal patch and fascia of the forewing dark blackish brown. There is a large sub-triangular black patch with pale edges on the medial area. A white speck found in the cell. Postmedial line is straighter with some white marginal specks. Hindwings whitish with apical black are. Costa and inner areas blackish.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Species Details: Dichromia pullata Moore, 1885". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 June 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 pullata Moore, [1885]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ^ "Dichromia pullata Moore, 1885". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
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