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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]

Dichromia pullata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Dichromia
Species:	D. pullata
Binomial name
Dichromia pullata Moore, 1885

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]

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