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.

Dichromia sagitta
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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

Biology

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

References

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  1. ^ Lödl, Martin (June 30, 1993). "Notes on the synonymy of the genera Hypena Schrank, 1802, Dichromia Guenée, 1854 and Harita Moore, 1882. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Hypeninae)". Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen. 45 (1/2): 11–14.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku (July 31, 2019). "Dichromia sagitta (Fabricius, 1775)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
  3. ^ Easton, Emmett R. & Pun, Wing-Wah (1993). "New records of moths from Macau, Southeast China". Tropical Lepidoptera. 7 (2): 113-118.
  4. ^ Flickr: images from Eugene Karolinskiy
  5. ^ Insects in Indian Agroecosystems
  6. ^ Gole, N. S. & Das, B. K. (2011). Biology of Dichromia sagitta (Fabricius) (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera), a serious pest of Indian ipecac, Tylophora indica". The Journal of Plant Protection Sciences. 3 (2): 14-19.