''Dinumma'' 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 ...

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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 ...

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

*'' Dinumma deponens'' Walker, 1858 India, Thailand, China, Japan, Korea, introduced to the United StatesAdams, J.K., P. Van Zandt, T. Neal, 2013. Dinumma deponens, Walker 1858 (Erebidae) is here to stay. News of the Lepidopterists' Society, 55(4): 176-177. *'' Dinumma combusta'' (Walker, 1865) Sundaland *'' Dinumma hades'' Bethune-Baker, 1906 New Guinea *'' Dinumma inagnulata'' Hampson, 1902 Sikkim *'' Dinumma mediobrunnea'' Bethune-Baker, 1906 New Guinea *'' Dinumma oxygrapha'' (Snellen, 1880) Singapore, Borneo, Bali, Dammer, Kei, Philippines, Sulawesi *'' Dinumma placens'' Walker, 1858 Sri Lanka *'' Dinumma rubiginea'' (Bethune-Baker, 1908) New Guinea *'' Dinumma spiculata'' Holloway, 2005 Borneo *'' Dinumma stygia'' Hampson, 1926 New Guinea *'' Dinumma varians'' Butler, 1889 India (Himachal Pradesh)

References

Scoliopteryginae Noctuoidea genera {{Noctuoidea-stub