''Dichromia'' is a

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s of the family

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first described by

Achille Guenée Achille Guenée (sometimes M.A. Guenée; 1 January 1809 – 30 December 1880) was a French lawyer and entomologist. Biography Achille Guenée was born in Chartres and died in Châteaudun. He was educated in Chartres, where he showed a very e ...

in 1854.

Description

Palpi roughly scaled, where the second joint long and porrect (extending forward). Third joint obliquely upturned and ending in a naked point. A sharp frontal tuft present. Antennae minutely ciliated in the male. Forewings with the depressed and slightly acute apex. Veins 8 and 9 anastomosing (fusing) to form the areole. Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 from angle of cell. Vein 5 from below middle of discocellulars and veins 6 and 7 from upper angle.

Species

Some species of this genus are:

References

*Lödl (2001)
"Morphometry and relation patterns in male genitalia of noctuids (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)"
''Quadrifina''. Bd. 4: 5-33. Hypeninae Noctuoidea genera {{Hypeninae-stub