Digama

Digama
Digama marmorea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
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 family Erebidae described by Frederic Moore in 1858. 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. Forewings 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. Hindwings 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 Volume I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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