''Digama'' is a
genus of
moths 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'') ...
described by
Frederic Moore
Frederic Moore FZS (13 May 1830 – 10 May 1907) was a British entomologist and illustrator. He produced six volumes of ''Lepidoptera Indica'' and a catalogue of the birds in the collection of the East India Company.
It has been said that Mo ...
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
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...
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.
Species
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Digama abietis''
Leech, 1889
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Digama africana
''Digama africana'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1907. It is found in Eritrea, Kenya and Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), ...
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Swinhoe, 1907
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Digama aganais''
Felder, 1874
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Digama budonga''
Bethume-Baker, 1913
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Digama burmana''
Hampson, 1892
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Digama costimacula
''Digama costimacula'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1907. It is found in Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naij ...
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Swinhoe, 1907
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Digama culta
''Digama culta'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch a ...
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Hübner, 1825
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Digama daressalamica''
Strand, 1911
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Digama fasciata''
Butler, 1877
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Digama hearseyana
''Digama hearseyana'' is a moth of the family Erebidae described by Frederic Moore in 1859. It is found in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. Two subspecies are recognized.
Description
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or ...
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Moore, 1859
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Digama insulana
''Digama insulana'' is a moth of the family Erebidae described by Rudolf Felder in 1868. It is found in India, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.
Description
The wingspan is 24–29 mm. Antennae of male bipectinated (comb like on both sides) where termi ...
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Felder, 1868
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Digama lithosioides
''Digama lithosioides'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1907. It is found in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Sou ...
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Swinhoe, 1907
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Digama malgassica
''Digama malgassica'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Hervé de Toulgoët in 1954. It is found in Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, li ...
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Toulgoët, 1954
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Digama marchalii
''Digama marchalii'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in southern India and Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English al ...
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Guerin, 1843
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Digama marmorea
''Digama marmorea'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in New Caledonia, Sulawesi, Sundaland and northern Australia, where it is found from Coen in Queensland to Jervis Bay in New South Wales.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just ...
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Butler, 1877
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Digama meridionalis
''Digama meridionalis'' is a moth of the family Erebidae 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 y ...
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Swinhoe, 1907
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Digama ostentata''
Distant, 1899
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Digama pandaensis''
Romieux, 1935
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Digama plicata''
Pinhey, 1952
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Digama rileyi''
Kiriakoff, 1958
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Digama sagittata
''Digama sagittata'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Madagascar and on the Comores
The Comoros,, ' officially the Union of the Comoros,; ar, الاتحاد القمري ' is an independent country made up of three islan ...
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Gaede, 1926
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Digama septempuncta
''Digama septempuncta'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found on Rodrigues
Rodrigues (french: Île Rodrigues, link=yes ; Creole: ) is a autonomous outer island of the Republic of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, about east of Mau ...
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Hampson, 1910
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Digama serratula''
Talbot, 1932
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Digama sinuosa''
Hampson, 1905
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Digama spilosoma
''Digama spilosoma'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. Formerly the genus ''Digama'' was placed in the family Erebidae, subfamily Aganainae or Agaristinae.
It is found in Africa, including South Africa
South Africa, officially the Repub ...
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Felder, 1874
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Digama spilosomoides''
Walker, 1865
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Digama strabonis''
Hampson, 1910
References
''Digama''at the
Natural History Museum Butterflies and Moths of the World project
Aganainae
Moth genera
{{Aganainae-stub