Diomea Explained

Diomea is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae erected by Francis Walker in 1858.^{[1] [2]}

Description

Second joint of palpi not reaching above vertex of head, but roughly scaled. Metathorax and proximal segments of abdomen with more or less prominent dorsal tufts. Forewings with more rounded apex. Hindwings with non-truncate anal angle.^[3]

Species

From the Global Lepidoptera Names Index:

• Diomea absorbens Walker, [1863]
• Diomea dialitha Hampson, 1926
• Diomea diffusifascia Swinhoe, 1901
• Diomea discisigna Sugi, 1963
• Diomea eupsema Swinhoe, 1902
• Diomea fenella Robinson, 1969
• Diomea garroodi Holloway, 2005
• Diomea hirdi Holloway, 2005
• Diomea lignicolora Walker, [1858]
• Diomea nigrisuffusa Holloway, 2005
• Diomea orbifera Walker, 1862
• Diomea rotundata Walker, [1858]
• Diomea roydsi Holloway, 2005
• Diomea triangulata Holloway, 2005
• Diomea tricuspida Hampson, 1926

Notes and References

1. Web site: Savela . Markku . June 18, 2019 . Diomea Walker, [1858] ]. Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . June 3, 2020.
2. Web site: Pitkin . Brian . Jenkins . Paul . amp . November 5, 2004 . Diomea Walker, 1858 . Butterflies and Moths of the World . . June 3, 2020.
3. Book: Hampson, G. F. . George Hampson

   . George Hampson . 1895 . The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III . Taylor and Francis . Biodiversity Heritage Library.