Dichocrocis

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

Dichocrocis
Dichocrocis clytusalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Subfamily:	Spilomelinae
Genus:	Dichocrocis Lederer, 1863[1]
Synonyms
Zebrodes Warren, 1896 Dichocrosis Janse, 1917 (misspelling) Dichocroscis Swinhoe & Cotes, 1889 (misspelling)

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.