Dichocrocis

Dichocrocis
Dichocrocis clytusalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Subfamily:	Spilomelinae
Genus:	Dichocrocis Lederer, 1863 [1]
Synonyms
ZebrodesWarren, 1896 DichocrosisJanse, 1917 (misspelling) DichocroscisSwinhoe & Cotes, 1889 (misspelling)

Dichocrocis is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was described by Julius Lederer in 1863.

Dichocrocis in its current composition is considered polyphyletic, ^[2] with many of its species misplaced. However, the type species, D. frenatalis , was found to be placed in the tribe Steniini in a 2025 phylogenetic study. ^[3]

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

• Mabilleodes catalalis Viette, 1953, which had been confused with Dichocrocis catalalis Viette, 1953; both are separate species occurring on Madagascar.

References

1. Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; Solis, M. Alma; De Prins, Jurate; Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2025). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)" . Retrieved 2025-07-08.
2. Mally, Richard; Hayden, James E.; Neinhuis, Christoph; Jordal, Bjarte H.; Nuss, Matthias (2019). "The phylogenetic systematics of Spilomelinae and Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) inferred from DNA and morphology" (PDF). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 77 (1): 141–204. doi:10.26049/ASP77-1-2019-07. ISSN   1863-7221.
3. Matsui, Yuki; Wachi, Nakatada; Yoshiyasu, Yutaka (2025). "Discovery of Dichocrocis frenatalis Lederer, 1863 (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Spilomelinae) in mangrove environments of the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, and tribal placement of the genus". ZooKeys. 1243: 143–158. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1243.155924 . PMC   12238983 .