Trichromia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. The members of this genus are largely indigenous to South America.[1]

Trichromia
Trichromia onytes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Tribe: Arctiini
Subtribe: Phaegopterina
Genus: Trichromia
Hübner, [1819]
Synonyms
  • Neritos Walker, 1855
  • Antiloba Weymer, 1895

Species

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Former species

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References and notes

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Trichromia Hübner, [1819]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
  2. ^ Vincent, Benoit; Laguerre, Michel (2017). "Description de deux nouvelles espèces du genre Trichromia Hübner, 1815, de Guyane française (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae)". Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France. 122 (2): 223–232. doi:10.3406/bsef.2017.3202.
  • Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
  • Laguerre 2011: [Contribution to the knowledge of Neotropical Arctiidae VII. Description of a new species of Trichromia Huebner from French Guyana with a curious case of mimicry (Lepidoptera Arctiidae Arctiinae).] Entomologiste, '67'(1): 33–38. [not seen]
  • Toulgoët, H. de, 1982: Résultats d'un voyage entomologique privé en Guyane Française, 1980, et description de nouvelles espèces d'Arcttides néotropicales (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie 12 (2): 165–173.
  • Toulgoët, H. de, 1991: Le genre Trichromia Hübner 1816, caractéristiques, composition et limites (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Arctiinae) . Lambillionea 91 (2): 127–136.