Trichromia

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
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Subtribe:	Phaegopterina
Genus:	Trichromia Hübner, [1819]
Synonyms
Neritos Walker, 1855 Antiloba Weymer, 1895

Species

• Trichromia albicollis (Hampson, 1905)
• Trichromia androconiata (Rothschild, 1909)
• Trichromia atta (Schaus, 1920)
• Trichromia aurantiipennis (Rothschild, 1909)
• Trichromia cardinalis (Dognin, 1899)
• Trichromia carinaria (Schaus, 1905)
• Trichromia carmen (Schaus, 1905)
• Trichromia coccinea (Schaus, 1905)
• Trichromia coccineata (Rothschild, 1935)
• Trichromia complicata (Schaus, 1905)
• Trichromia cotes (Druce, 1896)
• Trichromia cucufas (Schaus, 1924)
• Trichromia curta (Rothschild, 1917)
• Trichromia cybar (Schaus, 1924)
• Trichromia cyclopera (Hampson, 1905)
• Trichromia declivis (Schaus, 1905)
• Trichromia discobola (Hampson, 1905)
• Trichromia discophora (Hampson, 1916)
• Trichromia drucei (Rothschild, 1909)
• Trichromia eximius (Rothschild, 1910)
• Trichromia flavibrunnea (Dognin, 1911)
• Trichromia flavimargo (Joicey & Talbot, 1916)
• Trichromia flavomarginata (Rothschild, 1910)
• Trichromia flavoroseus (Walker, 1855)
• Trichromia furva (Schaus, 1905)
• Trichromia gaudialis (Schaus, 1905)
• Trichromia interna (Schaus, 1905)
• Trichromia klagesi (Rothschild, 1909)
• Trichromia leucoplaga (Hampson, 1905)
• Trichromia leucostigma (Sepp, [1855])
• Trichromia lophosticta (Schaus, 1911)
• Trichromia lucens (Schaus, 1905)
• Trichromia macrostidza (Hampson, 1905)
• Trichromia maculata (Rothschild, 1909)
• Trichromia metachryseis (Hampson, 1905)
• Trichromia metaleuca (Dognin, 1911)
• Trichromia metaphoenica (Joicey & Talbot, 1917)
• Trichromia metapyria (Dognin, 1907)
• Trichromia neretina Dyar, 1898
• Trichromia occidentalis (Rothschild, 1909)
• Trichromia ockendeni (Rothschild, 1909)
• Trichromia odorata (Rothschild, 1909)
• Trichromia onytes (Cramer, [1777])
• Trichromia pandera Schaus, 1896
• Trichromia pectinata (Rothschild, 1935)
• Trichromia persimilis (Rothschild, 1909)
• Trichromia perversa (Rothschild, 1909)
• Trichromia phaeocrota (Dognin, 1911)
• Trichromia phaeoplaga (Hampson, 1905)
• Trichromia postflavida (Toulgoët, 1982)
• Trichromia postsuffusa Rothschild, 1922
• Trichromia purpurascens (Rothschild, 1909)
• Trichromia purpureotincta (Joicey & Talbot, 1918)
• Trichromia quadricolor Toulgoët, 1982
• Trichromia repanda (Walker, 1855)
• Trichromia roseata (Gaede, 1928)
• Trichromia samos (Druce, 1896)
• Trichromia sanguipuncta (Schaus, 1901)
• Trichromia sardanapalus (Rothschild, 1909)
• Trichromia sithnides (Druce, 1896)
• Trichromia tremula (Schaus, 1905)
• Trichromia viola (Dognin, 1909)
• Trichromia yahuasae Joicey & Talbot, 1916

Former species

• Trichromia apiciplaga (Rothschild, 1909)
• Trichromia chrysozona (Schaus, 1905)
• Trichromia flavipurpurea (Dognin, 1914)
• Trichromia hampsoni (Rothschild, 1909)
• Trichromia nigricollum (Dognin, 1892)
• Trichromia syntomoides (Rothschild, 1910)

References and notes

1. Savela, Markku. "Trichromia Hübner, [1819]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 3, 2018.

• 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.