''Dinumma'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
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 ...
s in 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
Francis Walker in 1858.
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.
Species
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Dinumma deponens
''Dinumma deponens'' is a moth in the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found from India across eastern China to Japan, Korea and Thailand. A female specimen was taken in Morganton, Fannin County, in northern Ge ...
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Walker, 1858 India, Thailand, China, Japan, Korea
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Dinumma combusta''
(Walker, 1865) Sundaland
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Dinumma hades''
Bethune-Baker, 1906 New Guinea
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Dinumma inagnulata
''Dinumma'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858.
Description
Palpi smoothly scaled and upturned. Second joint reaching just above vertex of head, and third joint moderate length. Antennae minute ...
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Hampson, 1902 Sikkim
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Dinumma mediobrunnea
''Dinumma'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858.
Description
Palpi smoothly scaled and upturned. Second joint reaching just above vertex of head, and third joint moderate length. Antennae minute ...
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Bethune-Baker, 1906 New Guinea
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Dinumma oxygrapha''
(Snellen, 1880) Singapore, Borneo, Bali, Dammer, Kei, Philippines, Sulawesi
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Dinumma placens''
Walker, 1858 Sri Lanka
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Dinumma rubiginea''
(Bethune-Baker, 1908) New Guinea
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Dinumma spiculata''
Holloway, 2005 Borneo
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Dinumma stygia''
Hampson, 1926 New Guinea
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Dinumma varians''
Butler, 1889 India (Himachal Pradesh)
References
Scoliopteryginae
Noctuoidea genera
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