Digama

Digama
Digama marmorea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Aganainae
Genus: Digama
Moore, 1858
Synonyms
  • Bithra Walker, 1865
  • Homoeognatha Felder, 1874
  • Sommeria Hübner, 1831

Digama is a genus of moths in the Erebidae family. It is distributed in South Africa, China, throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Australia.

Taxonomy

The genus was formerly placed in the Arctiidae and the Noctuidae by different authors.

Description

Palpi upturned with second joint reaching vertex of head and long third joint. Fore wings square and rather short. Vein 5 from just above lower angle of cell. Vein 6 from just below the upper angle. veins 7 and 10 from a short areole. Hind wings with vein 5 from above lower angle of cell. Veins 6 and 7 are stalked.[1]

Species

References

  1. Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-i". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.



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