''Dichocrocis'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s of the family
Crambidae
Crambidae comprises the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, with the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies ...
. The genus was described by
Julius Lederer in 1863.
''Dichocrocis'' in its current composition is considered
polyphyletic
A polyphyletic group is an assemblage that includes organisms with mixed evolutionary origin but does not include their most recent common ancestor. The term is often applied to groups that share similar features known as Homoplasy, homoplasies ...
,
with many of its species misplaced. However, the
type species
In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...
, ''
D. frenatalis'', was found to be placed in the
tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide use of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. The definition is contested, in part due to conflict ...
Steniini
Steniini is a Tribe (biology), tribe of the species-rich subfamily Spilomelinae in the Pyraloidea, pyraloid moth Family (biology), family Crambidae. The group was first proposed by Achille Guenée in 1854 as "Steniadae", and later used as name fo ...
in a 2025
phylogenetic study.
Species
*''
Dichocrocis acoluthalis''
West, 1931
*''
Dichocrocis actinialis''
Hampson, 1899
*''
Dichocrocis albilunalis''
Hampson, 1912
*''
Dichocrocis alluaudalis''
Viette, 1953
*''
Dichocrocis atrisectalis''
Hampson, 1908
*''
Dichocrocis attemptalis''
(Snellen, 1890)
*''
Dichocrocis bilinealis''
Hampson, 1896
*''
Dichocrocis bimaculalis''
Kenrick, 1907
*''
Dichocrocis biplagialis''
Hampson, 1918
*''
Dichocrocis bistrigalis''
(Walker, 1866)
*''
Dichocrocis catalalis''
Viette, 1953
*''
Dichocrocis clystalis''
Schaus, 1920)
*''
Dichocrocis clytusalis''
(Walker, 1859)
*''
Dichocrocis credulalis''
(Snellen, 1890)
*''
Dichocrocis crocodora''
(Meyrick, 1934)
*''
Dichocrocis definita''
(Butler, 1889)
*''
Dichocrocis dehradunensis''
Pajni & Rose, 1977
*''
Dichocrocis dorsipunctalis''
Schaus, 1927
*''
Dichocrocis erixantha''
(Meyrick, 1886)
*''
Dichocrocis eubulealis''
(Walker, 1859)
*''
Dichocrocis ferialis''
Joannis, 1929
*''
Dichocrocis festivalis''
(Swinhoe, 1886)
*''
Dichocrocis frenatalis''
Lederer, 1863
*''
Dichocrocis fuscifimbria''
Warren, 1896
*''
Dichocrocis fuscoalbalis''
Hampson, 1899
*''
Dichocrocis galmeralis''
Schaus, 1927
*''
Dichocrocis gyacalis''
Schaus, 1920
*''
Dichocrocis klotsi''
Oajni & Rose, 1977
*''
Dichocrocis latipunctalis''
Caradja, 1925
*''
Dichocrocis leptalis''
Hampson, 1903
*''
Dichocrocis leucostolalis''
Hampson, 1918
*''
Dichocrocis liparalis''
West, 1931
*''
Dichocrocis loxophora''
Hampson, 1912
*''
Dichocrocis macrostidza''
Hampson, 1912
*''
Dichocrocis megillalis''
(Walker, 1859)
*''
Dichocrocis nigricinctalis''
Hampson, 1912
*''
Dichocrocis pardalis''
Kenrick, 1907
*''
Dichocrocis penniger''
Dyar, 1913
*''
Dichocrocis philippinensis''
Hampson, 1912
*''
Dichocrocis plenistigmalis''
(Warren, 1895)
*''
Dichocrocis pseudpoeonalis''
Hampson, 1898
*''
Dichocrocis punctilinealis''
Hampson, 1899
*''
Dichocrocis pyrrhalis''
(Walker, 1859)
*''
Dichocrocis rigidalis''
(Snellen, 1890)
*''
Dichocrocis rubritinctalis''
Hampson, 1918
*''
Dichocrocis strigimarginalis''
Hampson, 1899
*''
Dichocrocis tigridalis''
Mabille, 1900
*''
Dichocrocis tlapalis''
Schaus, 1920
*''
Dichocrocis tripunctapex''
Hampson, 1899
*''
Dichocrocis tyranthes''
Meyrick, 1897
*''
Dichocrocis xanthocyma''
Hampson, 1898
*''
Dichocrocis xanthoplagalis''
Hampson, 1912
*''
Dichocrocis xuthusalis''
(Walker, 1859)
*''
Dichocrocis zebralis''
(Moore, 1867)
Former species
*''
Dichocrocis evaxalis''
(Walker, 1859), now placed in ''
Conogethes''
*''
Dichocrocis pandamalis''
(Walker, 1859), now placed in ''
Conogethes''
*''
Dichocrocis plutusalis''
(Walker, 1859), now placed in ''
Orthospila''
*''
Dichocrocis punctiferalis''
(Guenée, 1854) , now placed in ''
Conogethes''
*''
Dichocrocis surusalis''
(Walker, 1859) , now placed in ''
Rehimena
''Rehimena'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Walker in 1866.
Species
*''Rehimena auritincta'' (Butler, 1886)
*''Rehimena cissophora'' (Turner, 1908)
*''Rehimena dichromalis'' Walker, 866
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Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* April 21 – Bardas, the regent of the Byzantine Empire, is murdered by Basil the Macedonian at Miletu ...
*''Rehimena hypostictalis'' Ha ...
''
*''
Mabilleodes catalalis''
Viette, 1953, which had been confused with ''
Dichocrocis catalalis''
Viette, 1953; both are separate species occurring on
Madagascar
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...
.
References
Spilomelinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Julius Lederer (entomologist)
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