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]
Dichromia cognata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Dichromia |
Species: | D. cognata |
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]