Dichromia sagitta
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Dichromia |
| Species: | D. sagitta
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| Binomial name | |
| Dichromia sagitta (Fabricius, 1775)
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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.
Biology
The larvae had been recorded on Marsdenia species, Marsdenia volublis (Apocynaceae), Tylophora asthamatica, Tylophora ovata[5] and Tylophora indica, an Asclepiadaceae.[6]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Savela, Markku (July 31, 2019). "Dichromia sagitta (Fabricius, 1775)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
- ^ Easton, Emmett R. & Pun, Wing-Wah (1993). "New records of moths from Macau, Southeast China". Tropical Lepidoptera. 7 (2): 113-118.
- ^ Flickr: images from Eugene Karolinskiy
- ^ Insects in Indian Agroecosystems
- ^ 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.