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- Dichromia Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1854
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Dichromia Guenée, 1854; in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 8 : 18, TS: Phalaena orosia Cramer
Ametropalpis Mabille, 1884; Bull. Soc. ent. Belg. 28 : clxxxix, TS: Ametropalpis nasuta Mabille
Camphypena Prout, 1927; 230, TS: Camphypena thomensis Prout
Camphypena (Hypeninae) ; [POOLE]
Ametropalpis (Hypeninae) ; [POOLE]
Dichromia (Hypeninae) ; [AUCL]; [MOB17, 186]
Dichromia? aculeifera Aurivillius, 1925; Zweiten Deutch. Zentral-Afrika-Exped. (Zool.) 1 (Lep 4) : 1326, f. 80, TL: Fernando Po, O-Wassa
Hypena aculeifera ; [POOLE]
Dichromia aculeifera ; [NHM]
Japan. See [About maps]
Dichromia amica Butler, 1878; Illust. typical Specimens Lepid. Heterocera Colln Br. Mus. 2: 55, pl. 38, f. 3, TL: Japan, Hakodate; Yokohama
Hypena amica ; [POOLE]
Dichromia amica ; [NHM]
Borneo, Java?. See [About maps]
Dichromia ampullata Holloway, 2008; Moths of Borneo 17 [MOB17]: 190, f. 439, pl. 8, TL: Sabah, Danun Valley, 170m, 4°58'N 117°48'E
Madagascar. See [About maps]
Dichromia carninalis Viette, 1956; Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar (E) 7 : 132, TL: Madagascar, Maroantsetra region, Ambodivoangy Forest
Hypena carninalis ; [POOLE]
Dichromia carninalis ; [NHM]
Japan. See [About maps]
Dichromia claripennis Butler, 1878; Illust. typical Specimens Lepid. Heterocera Colln Br. Mus. 2: 54, pl. 38, f. 2, TL: Japan, Yokohama
Hypena claripennis ; [POOLE]
Dichromia claripennis ; [NHM]
Ceylon, India, Hainan, Borneo, New Guinea, Bismarcks, Solomons, Vanuatu. See [About maps]
Hypena cognata Moore, [1885]; Lepid. Ceylon 3 (2): 224, pl. 175, f. 8, TL: Ceylon
Bomolocha tanis Swinhoe, 1917; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 20 (116) : 164, TL: Kulu [Himachal Pradesh]
Hypena tanis ; [POOLE]
Hypena cognata ; [POOLE]
Dichromia cognata ; [MOB17, 189, f. 447, 451, pl. 8]
Tanzania. See [About maps]
Hypena euthygramma Prout, 1921; Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1) : 133, pl. 17, f. 15, TL: Tanganyika, Upper Ruwuwu Valley, Urindi distr.
Hypena euthygramma ; [POOLE]
Dichromia euthygramma ; [NHM]
Gabon. See [About maps]
Orixa fascifera Holland, 1894; 126, pl. 4, f. 16, TL: Ogove River
Xoria fascifera ; [POOLE]
Dichromia fascifera ; [NHM]
Dichromia frustalis Warren, 1913; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 3 : 427
ab. completa Warren, 1913; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 3 : 428
Hypena frustalis ; [POOLE]
Dichromia frustalis ; [NHM]
India, Ceylon, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Laos, Borneo, Philippines, Sulawesi, Java, Bali, Sumbawa. See [About maps]
Hypena occatus Moore, 1882; Descr. Indian lep. Atkinson (2): 191, TL: Cherra Punji; Khasia Hills
Hypena hampsonialis Wileman, 1911; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1911 (2) : 261, TL: Japan, Yamato, Yoshino
Hypena crassipalpis Butler, 1889; Ill. typical Spec. Lep. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 7 : 85, pl. 133, f. 16, TL: Dharmsala
Hypena crassipalpis ; [POOLE]
Hypena occatus ; [POOLE]
Dichromia occatus ; [MOB17, 192, f. 444, pl. 8]
Borneo, India, Java, Japan. See [About maps]
Hypena indicatalis Walker, [1859]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 16: 61, TL: Borneo, Sarawak
Hypena caliginosa Wileman, 1911; 262, TL: Japan, Kobe
Hypena indicatalis ; [POOLE]
Dichromia indicatalis ; [MOB17, 188, f. 442-443, 449, pl. 8]
?caliginosa ; [MOB17, 189 (note)]
Sulaweis, Seram, New Guinea, Borneo. See [About maps]
Hypena inconspicua Snellen, 1880; Tijdschr. Ent. 23 : 118, TL: Celebes, Lokka; Makassar; Bantimorong
Hypena nephoptera Bethune-Baker, 1908; Novit. Zool. 15 : 234, TL: British New Guinea, Aroa River
Hypena inconspicua ; Snellen, 1881, Tijdschr. Ent. 24 : pl. 5, f. 7
Hypena nephoptera ; [POOLE]
Hypena inconspicua ; [POOLE]
Dichromia inconspicua ; [MOB17, 192, f. 437, pl. 8]
New Guinea. See [About maps]
Hypena isogona Meyrick, 1889; 478, TL: New Guinea
Hypena melasticta Lower, 1903
Hypena hedychroa Bethune-Baker, 1908; Novit. Zool. 15 : 230, TL: British New Guinea
Hypena erecta Bethune-Baker, 1908; Novit. Zool. 15 : 232, TL: British New Guinea, Ekeikei; Aroa River
Bomolocha disualis Swinhoe, 1917; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 20 (116) : 163, TL: Trobriand Is., Kiriwini I.
Hypena hedychroa ; [POOLE]
Hypena isogona ; [POOLE]; [AUCL]
Dichromia isogona ; [MOB17, 181]
Madagascar. See [About maps]
Dichromia isoplocalis Viette, 1956; Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar (E) 7 : 131, TL: Madagascar, Ankaratra Massif, Manjkatompo, Ambahona Forest
Hypena isoplocalis ; [POOLE]
Dichromia isoplocalis ; [NHM]
Angola. See [About maps]
Dichromia isosocles Bethune-Baker, 1911; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 7 (41): 540, TL: Malange [Angola]
Hypena isosocles ; [POOLE]
Dichromia isosocles ; [NHM]
India, Oriental Tropics, Solomons. See [About maps]
Hypena laesalis Walker, [1859]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 16: 62, TL: Hindostan
= Hypena indicatalis ; [POOLE]
Hypena semiclusalis Walker, [1866]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 34: 1511, TL: Java
Dichromia laesalis ; [MOB17, 188, f. 446, 450, pl. 8]
Celebes. See [About maps]
Hypena leucotaenia Snellen, 1880; 114, pl. 5, f. 1, TL: Celebes, Lokka
Hypena leucotaenia ; [POOLE]
Dichromia leucotaenia ; [NHM]
Congo. See [About maps]
Dichromia leucozona Hampson, 1910; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1910 : 448, pl. 38, f. 27, TL: Congo, Katanga, Kambove
Hypena leucozona ; [POOLE]
Dichromia leucozona ; [NHM]
Cameroon. See [About maps]
Orixa limbopunctata Strand, 1915; Ent. Mitt. 4 (4/6): 162, TL: Cameroon, Bonaberi
Hypena limbopunctata ; [POOLE]
Dichromia limbopunctata ; [NHM]
Borneo, Philippines (Luzon), Sulawesi. See [About maps]
Dichromia linguibursa Holloway, 2008; Moths of Borneo 17 [MOB17]: 189, f. 445, 448, pl. 8, TL: Sarawak, Gunong Mulu Nat. Park, R.G.S. Exped.
Philippines. See [About maps]
Dichromia lipara Wileman & West, 1930; Entomologist 63: 163 (not preocc. Hypena lipara Druce, 1890), TL: Philippines, Luzon, Benguet, Sapiangao
= Hypena liparoides ; [POOLE]
Hypena liparoides Poole, 1989; Lepidopterorum catalogus (New Series) 118: 527 (repl. Dichromia lipara Wileman & West, 1930), TL: Philippines, Luzon, Benguet, Sapiangao
Dichromia lipara ; [NHM]
E.Africa, .... See [About maps]
Orixa? mutilata Strand, 1909; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 22 (2/3) : 118, TL: Urunde
Orixa mutilata effusa Prout, 1927; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (1927) 75 : 230, pl. 21, f. 24, TL: Sao Tome
Hypena mutilata ; [POOLE]
Dichromia mutilata ; [NHM]
Madagascar. See [About maps]
Ametropalpis nasuta Mabille, 1884; Bull. Soc. ent. Belg. 28 : clxxxix, TL: Madagascar
Ametropalpis nasuta ; [POOLE]
Dichromia nasuta ; [MOB17, 186 (note)]
Turkey, S.European Russia, Ukraine, Syria, Armenia, Iraq, Iran, Turkestan, Pakistan, Afghanistan. See [About maps]
Bomolocha opulenta Christoph, 1877; Horae Soc. ent. Ross. 12 (3): 258, pl. 7, f. 29, TL: Iran, Asterabad
Hypena opulenta ; [POOLE]; [NE12, 123]
Dichromia opulenta ; [NHM]
Flores. See [About maps]
Dichromia otiata Swinhoe, 1901; 135, TL: Flores
Hypena otiata ; [POOLE]
Dichromia otiata ; [NHM]
India. See [About maps]
Noctua sagitta Fabricius, 1775; Syst. Ent.: 597, TL: India
Phalaena (Noctua) orosia Cramer, [1780]; Uitl. Kapellen 3 (23-24): 149, 176 (index), pl. 275, f. D, TL: Coromandel Coast
Hypena sagitta ; [POOLE]
Dichromia sagitta ; [MOB17, 187 (note)]
Larva on
Marsdenia,
Tylophora [MOB17, 187]
Ceylon. See [About maps]
Dichromia pullata Moore, [1885]; Lepid. Ceylon 3 (2): 221, pl. 176, f. 4, TL: Ceylon
Hypena pullata ; [POOLE]
Dichromia pullata ; [NHM]
India, Andamans, Nicobars, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Philippines. See [About maps]
Dichromia quadralis Walker, [1859]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 16: 14, TL: N.Hindostan
Dichromia mollis Swinhoe, 1891; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1891 (4): 481, TL: Khasia Hills
= ; [POOLE]
= Dichromia triplicalis ; [NHM]
Hypena quadralis ; [POOLE]
Dichromia quadralis ; [NHM]; [MOB17, 187, f. 438, pl. 8]
Larva on
Boehmeria [MOB17, 187]
Java, Queensland. See [About maps]
Dichromia quinqualis Walker, [1859]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 16: 15, TL: Java
Dichromia duplicalis Walker, [1859]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 16: 16, TL: Moreton Bay [Queensland]
Dichromia quinqualis, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Hypena duplicalis ; [POOLE]
Hypena quinqualis ; [POOLE]
Dichromia quinqualis ; [AUCL]; [NHM]
Madagascar. See [About maps]
Dichromia rationalis Viette, 1956; Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar (E) 7 : 132, TL: Madagascar, Ankarafantsika Massif, Bevahaza
Hypena rationalis ; [POOLE]
Dichromia rationalis ; [NHM]
Madagascar. See [About maps]
Dichromia sieglinde Viette, 1979; Bull. mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon 48 (1): 51, f. 9, TL: Madagascar, Antongil Bay, Hiaraka
Hypena sieglinde ; [POOLE]
Dichromia sieglinde ; [NHM]
India, Ceylon, China, Sumatra, Borneo, Buru, New Guinea. See [About maps]
Hypena thermesialis Walker, [1866]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 34: 1515, TL: Java
Hypena modesta Moore, 1882; Descr. Indian lep. Atkinson (2): 191, TL: Cherra; Darjeeling
Hypena rectifascia Hampson, 1891; Ill. typical Spec. Lep. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 8 : 23, 96, pl. 148, f. 2, TL: Nilgiri distr.
Hypena aroa Bethune-Baker, 1908; Novit. Zool. 15 : 231, TL: British New Guinea, Aroa River
Hypena propinqua Rothschild, 1920; J. Fed. Malay States Mus. 8 (3) : 130, TL: Sumatra, Korinchi, Sungei Kunbang
Hypena modesta ; [POOLE]
Hypena aroa ; [POOLE]
Hypena propinqua ; [POOLE]
Hypena thermesialis ; [POOLE]
Dichromia thermesialis ; [MOB17, 191, f. 441, pl. 8]
Camphypena thomensis Prout, 1927; 230, pl. 21, f. 8, TL: São Thome
Camphypena thomensis ; [POOLE]
Sumatra, Borneo. See [About maps]
Hypena translaticius Rothschild, 1920; J. Fed. Malay States Mus. 8 (3) : 129, TL: Sumatra, Korinchi, Sungei Kumbang; Tapan
Hypena translaticius ; [POOLE]
Dichromia translaticius ; [MOB17, 192, f. 40, pl. 8]
India, Burma, Taiwan. See [About maps]
Hypena triangularis Moore, 1882; 191, TL: Khasia Hills
Hypena absimilis Moore, 1882; 191, TL: Khasia Hills
Hypena triangularis ; [POOLE]
Dichromia triangularis ; [MOB17, 192 (note)]
Dichromia trigonalis Guenée, 1854; in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 8 : 19, Atlas (Deltoides & Pyralides): pl. 3, f. 1, TL: India
Dichromia sextalis Walker, [1859]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 16: 15, TL: N.China
Hypena trigonalis ; [POOLE]
Dichromia trigonalis ; [NHM]; [MOB17, 187 (note)]
Larva on
Boehmeria [MOB17, 187]
S.India. See [About maps]
Dichromia triplicalis Walker, [1859]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 16: 16
Hypena triplicalis ; [POOLE]
Dichromia triplicalis ; [NHM]
Madagascar. See [About maps]
Dichromia xanthaspisalis Viette, 1956; Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar (E) 7 : 133, TL: Madagascar, Andohahelo Massif
Hypena xanthaspisalis ; [POOLE]
Dichromia xanthaspisalis ; [NHM]
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- References:
- [AUCL]
- Nielsen & Rangsi, 1996; Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia; CSIRO, Australia
- [About maps]
- Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
- [BHL]
- The; Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!
- [Don Herbison-Evans]
- and Stella A. Crossley; Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans
- [MOB17]
- Holloway, 2008; The Moths of Borneo, Part 17; Family Noctuidae, subfamilies Rivulinae, Phytometrinae, Herminiinae, Hypeninae and Hypenodinae
- [NE12]
- Fibiger, Ronkay, Yela & Zilli, 2010; Noctuidae Europeaea 12; Rivulinae - Euteliinae, and Micronoctuidae and Supplement to Volume 1-11
- [NHM]
- Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index
- [POOLE]
- Poole, 1989; Lepidopterorum catalogus (n.s.) 118 - Noctuidae
- Some related literature:
- Aurivillius, 1925
- Ergebnisse der Zweiten Deutchen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 1910-1911 unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs, Herzogs zu Mecklenburg
Zweiten Deutch. Zentral-Afrika-Exped. (Zool.) 1 (Lep 4)
: 1243-1359
- Bethune-Baker, 1908
- New Heterocera from British New Guinea
Novit. Zool. 15
: 175-243
- Bethune-Baker, 1911
- Descriptions of new African Heterocera
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 7
(41): 530-552,
(42): 553-576
- Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1854
- Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptéres. Tome Huitiéme. Deltoides et Pyralites
Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 8
: 1-448,
Atlas (Deltoides & Pyralides): pl. 1-10 (1858)
- Butler, 1889
- Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum
Ill. typical Spec. Lep. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 7
: 1-124, pl. 121-138
- Christoph, 1877
- Sammelergebnisse aus Nordpersion, Krasnowodsk in Turkmenien und dem Daghestan
Horae Soc. ent. Ross. 12
(2): 181-192,
(3): 197-299, pl. 5-8 (1877)
- Cramer, [1780]
- Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques)
Uitl. Kapellen 3
(17-21): 1-104, pl. 193-252 (1779),
(22): 105-128, pl. 253-264 ([1780]),
(23-24): 129-176, pl. 265-288 (1780)
- Fabricius, 1775
- Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus.
Syst. Ent.: 832pp
- Hampson, 1891
- Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum. Part 8. The lepidoptera of heterocera of the Nilgiri district
Ill. typical Spec. Lep. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 8
: 1-144, pl. 139-156
- Hampson, 1910
- Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent Territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1910
: 388-510, pl. 34-41
- Mabille, 1884
- Descriptions de Lépidoptéres exotiques
Bull. Soc. ent. Belg. 28
: clxxxiv-cxci, [184-191]
- Moore, 1882
- Descriptions of new Indian Lepidopterous Insects from the collection of the late Mr. W.S. Atkinson
Descr. Indian lep. Atkinson
(1): 1-88, pl. 1-3 (1879),
(2): 89-198, pl. 4-5 (1882),
(3): 199-299, pl. 6-8 (1888)
- Moore, [1885]
- The Lepidoptera of Ceylon
Lepid. Ceylon 3
(1): 1-88, pl. 144-157 (1884),
(2): 89-304, pl. 158-181 ([1885]),
(3): 305-392, pl. 182-195 ([1886]),
(4): 393-578, pl. 196-215 (1887)
- Prout, 1921
- New Lepidoptera collected by Mr. T.A. Barns, in East Central Africa. III. - New Noctuidae
Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1)
: 119-138, pl. 17
- Prout, 1927
- A list of Noctuidae with descriptions of new forms collected in the island of Sao Thomé by T.A. Barns
Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (1927) 75
: 201-232, pl. 21
- Rothschild, 1920
- Heterocera. Collected in Korinchi, West Sumatra, by Messrs. H.C. Robinson and C. Boden Kloss
J. Fed. Malay States Mus. 8 (3)
: 107-139
- Warren in Seitz, 1913
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge des Palaearktischen Faunengebietes. 3. Die eulenartigen Nacthfalter
Gross-Schmett. Erde 3
: 1-511, pl. 1-75
- Snellen, 1880
- Lepidoptera van Celebes verzameld door Mr. M.C. Piepers, met aanteekeningen en beschrijving der nieuwe soorten
Tijdschr. Ent. 23
: 41-138, pl. 4-8
- Snellen, 1881
- Lepidoptera van Celebes verzameld door Mr. M.C. Piepers, met aanteekeningen en beschrijving der nieuwe soorten
Tijdschr. Ent. 24
: 64-68, 69-96, pl. 5-10
- Strand, 1909
- Lepidoptera aus Deutsch-Ost Afrika gesammelt von Herrn Oberleutnant Wintgens
Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 22 (2/3)
: 104-121
- Strand, 1915
- Lepidoptera aus Bonaberi in Kamerun, gesammelt von Herrn E. Hintz
Ent. Mitt. 4
(4/6): 153-167,
(7/9): 173-194
- Swinhoe, 1891
- New species of Heterocera from the Khasia Hills. Part I
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond.
1891 (4): 473-495, pl. 19,
1892 (1): 1-20, pl. 1
- Swinhoe, 1917
- New Indo-Malayan Species of Lepidoptera
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 20 (116)
: 157-166
- Viette, 1956
- Description de nouvelles espèces de noctuelles quadrifies
Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar (E) 7
: 117-139
- Walker, [1859]
- List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Supplement
List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus.
16: 1-253 ([1859]),
17: 255-508 (1859),
18: 509-798 (1859),
19: 799-1036 (1859)
- Walker, [1866]
- List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum
List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus.
31: 1-322 ([1865]),
32: 323-706 (1865),
33: 707-1120 (1865),
34: 1121-1534 ([1866]),
35: 1535-2040 (1866)
- Wileman, 1911
- New and unrecorded species of Lepidoptera Heterocera from Japan
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1911 (2)
: 189-407, pl. 30-31
- Wileman & West, 1930
- Descriptions of new species of Japanese, Formosan and Philippine Noctuidae (Heterocera)
Entomologist 63: 35-38, 62-65, 108-110, 161-163
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