Podomachla chromis

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Podomachla chromis is a moth in the family Erebidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1882. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Equatorial Guinea.[1]

Podomachla chromis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Podomachla
Species:
P. chromis
Binomial name
Podomachla chromis
H. Druce, 1882
Synonyms
  • Nyctemera chromis H. Druce, 1882
  • Deilemera chromis f. tessmanni Strand, 1912
  • Nyctemera ehromis Pagenstecher, 1901

The forewings are dusky brown. The nerves are all black, except on the white band which crosses the wings from about the middle of the costal margin nearly to the anal angle. The hindwings are chrome yellow, shading to pale brown on the outer margin. The underside is the same as the upperside. The head and thorax are black and the abdomen is brown above, but the underside is yellow.[2]

References

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  1. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Podomachla chromis Druce, 1882". Afromoths. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
  2. ^ Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.