Dichromia quinqualis

Dichromia quinqualis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Hypeninae
Genus: Dichromia
Species: D. quinqualis
Binomial name
Dichromia quinqualis
Walker, 1859
Synonyms
  • Hypena duplicalis Walker, 1859
  • Hypena quinqualis

Dichromia quinqualis is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the South-Pacific, Fiji, Queensland and Java.[1]

Biology

The larvae feed on Cynanchum elegans, an Apocynaceae.[2]

References

  1. ftp.funet.fi
  2. butterflyhouse.com.au

External links

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