''Digama'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

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 ...

s in the family Erebidae 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 The Arctiinae (formerly called the family Arctiidae) are a large and diverse subfamily of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species.Scoble, MJ. (1995). ''The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and D ...

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 othe ...

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 ''Digama abietis'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 bill ...

'' Leech, 1889 *'' Digama africana'' Swinhoe, 1907 *''

Digama aganais ''Digama aganais'' is a moth 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 gro ...

'' Felder, 1874 *''

Digama budonga ''Digama budonga'' is a moth 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 gro ...

'' Bethume-Baker, 1913 *''

Digama burmana ''Digama burmana'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some Bri ...

'' Hampson, 1892 *'' Digama costimacula'' Swinhoe, 1907 *'' Digama culta'' Hübner, 1825 *'' Digama daressalamica'' Strand, 1911 *''

Digama fasciata ''Digama fasciata'' is a moth of the family Erebidae described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It is found in north-western India and Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ...

'' Butler, 1877 *''

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 o ...

'' Moore, 1859 *'' Digama insulana'' Felder, 1868 *'' Digama lithosioides'' Swinhoe, 1907 *'' Digama malgassica'' Toulgoët, 1954 *'' Digama marchalii'' Guerin, 1843 *'' Digama marmorea'' Butler, 1877 *'' Digama meridionalis'' Swinhoe, 1907 *''

Digama ostentata ''Digama ostentata'' is a moth 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 macromot ...

'' Distant, 1899 *''

Digama pandaensis ''Digama pandaensis'' is a moth 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 g ...

'' Romieux, 1935 *''

Digama plicata ''Digama plicata'' is a moth 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 gro ...

'' Pinhey, 1952 *''

Digama rileyi ''Digama rileyi'' is a moth 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 grou ...

'' Kiriakoff, 1958 *'' Digama sagittata'' Gaede, 1926 *''

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 ...

'' Hampson, 1910 *''

Digama serratula ''Digama serratula'' is a moth 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 ...

'' Talbot, 1932 *''

Digama sinuosa ''Digama sinuosa'' is a moth 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 gr ...

'' Hampson, 1905 *''

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 R ...

'' Felder, 1874 *''

Digama spilosomoides ''Digama spilosomoides'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Africa, including South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by ...

'' Walker, 1865 *''

Digama strabonis ''Digama strabonis'' is a moth 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 ...

'' Hampson, 1910

References

''Digama''
at the

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Butterflies and Moths of the World project Aganainae Moth genera {{Aganainae-stub