''Digama meridionalis'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...

first described by

Charles Swinhoe Colonel Charles Swinhoe (27 August 1838, in CalcuttaAlthough many published sources give 1836, the India Office Records note it as 1838 (), the other year being that of his brother Robert. – 2 December 1923) was an English naturalist and lepido ...

in 1907. It is found in much of southern and eastern Africa.

Subspecies

*''Digama meridionalis deliae'' Berio, 1939 (Ethiopia, Eritrea) *''Digama meridionalis meridionalis'' Swinhoe, 1907 (South Africa, Zimbabwe) *''Digama meridionalis thamaritica'' Wiltshire, 1986 (Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen)

References

External links

*Zwier, Jaa
"''Sommeria meridionalis meridionalis'' Swinhoe 1907"
''Aganainae (Snouted Tigers)''. Retrieved April 18, 2020. Aganainae Moths of Africa Moths described in 1907 {{Aganainae-stub