''Digama'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

s in the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family (biology), 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 underwin ...

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 (biology), family of moths. Taxonomically, they are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly ...

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

*'' Digama abietis'' Leech, 1889 *''

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, is a country in East Africa within the African ...

'' Swinhoe, 1907 *'' Digama aganais'' Felder, 1874 *'' Digama budonga'' Bethume-Baker, 1913 *'' Digama burmana'' Hampson, 1892 *''

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, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situate ...

'' Swinhoe, 1907 *''

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 Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine prov ...

'' Hübner, 1825 *'' Digama daressalamica'' Strand, 1911 *'' Digama fasciata'' 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 or ...

'' Moore, 1859 *''

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 ...

'' Felder, 1868 *'' Digama lithosioides'' Swinhoe, 1907 *''

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, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagasc ...

'' Toulgoët, 1954 *''

Digama marchalii ''Digama marchalii'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in southern India and Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a count ...

'' Guerin, 1843 *''

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 is 27–29 mm. The la ...

'' Butler, 1877 *''

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 ye ...

'' Swinhoe, 1907 *''

Digama ostentata ''Digama ostentata'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Africa, and is most commonly seen in Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe file:Zimbabwe, relief map.jpg, upright=1.22, Zimbabwe, relief map Zimba ...

'' Distant, 1899 *'' Digama pandaensis'' Romieux, 1935 *'' Digama plicata'' Pinhey, 1952 *'' Digama rileyi'' Kiriakoff, 1958 *''

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, is an archipelagic country made up of three islands in Southeastern Africa, located at ...

'' Gaede, 1926 *'' Digama septempuncta'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Digama serratula'' Talbot, 1932 *''

Digama sinuosa ''Digama sinuosa'' 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 Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of So ...

'' 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 Repu ...

'' Felder, 1874 *'' Digama spilosomoides'' Walker, 1865 *'' Digama strabonis'' Hampson, 1910

References

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