Digama Explained
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
- Digama abietis Leech, 1889
- Digama africana Swinhoe, 1907
- Digama aganais Felder, 1874
- Digama budonga Bethume-Baker, 1913
- Digama burmana Hampson, 1892
- Digama costimacula Swinhoe, 1907
- Digama culta Hübner, 1825
- Digama daressalamica Strand, 1911
- Digama fasciata Butler, 1877
- Digama hearseyana Moore, 1859
- Digama insulana Felder, 1868
- Digama lithosioides Swinhoe, 1907
- Digama malgassica Toulgoët, 1954
- Digama marchalii Guerin, 1843
- Digama marmorea Butler, 1877
- Digama meridionalis Swinhoe, 1907
- Digama ostentata Distant, 1899
- Digama pandaensis Romieux, 1935
- Digama plicata Pinhey, 1952
- Digama rileyi Kiriakoff, 1958
- Digama sagittata Gaede, 1926
- Digama septempuncta Hampson, 1910
- Digama serratula Talbot, 1932
- Digama sinuosa Hampson, 1905
- Digama spilosoma Felder, 1874
- Digama spilosomoides Walker, 1865
- Digama strabonis Hampson, 1910
References
Notes and References
- Book: Hampson, G. F. . George Hampson
. George Hampson . 1892 . The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I . Taylor and Francis . Biodiversity Heritage Library.
