Dinumma Explained

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

Description

Palpi smoothly scaled and upturned. Second joint reaching just above vertex of head, and third joint moderate length. Antennae minutely ciliated. Thorax smoothly scaled. Abdomen with a series of dorsal tufts. Tibia moderately hair. Forewings of nearly even width throughout, the apex and outer margin rounded. Hindwings with vein 5 from lower angle of cell.^[3]

Species

• Dinumma deponens Walker, 1858 India, Thailand, China, Japan, Korea
• Dinumma combusta (Walker, 1865) Sundaland
• Dinumma hades Bethune-Baker, 1906 New Guinea
• Dinumma inagnulata Hampson, 1902 Sikkim
• Dinumma mediobrunnea Bethune-Baker, 1906 New Guinea
• Dinumma oxygrapha (Snellen, 1880) Singapore, Borneo, Bali, Dammer, Kei, Philippines, Sulawesi
• Dinumma placens Walker, 1858 Sri Lanka
• Dinumma rubiginea (Bethune-Baker, 1908) New Guinea
• Dinumma spiculata Holloway, 2005 Borneo
• Dinumma stygia Hampson, 1926 New Guinea
• Dinumma varians Butler, 1889 India (Himachal Pradesh)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Savela . Markku . August 18, 2019 . Dinumma Walker, 1858 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . June 22, 2020.
2. Web site: Pitkin . Brian . Jenkins . Paul . amp . November 5, 2004 . Dinumma Walker, 1858 . Butterflies and Moths of the World . . June 22, 2020.
3. Book: Hampson, G. F. . George Hampson

   . George Hampson . 1894 . The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II . Taylor and Francis . Biodiversity Heritage Library.