Kingdom Animalia Family Erebidae Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths | Superfamily Noctuoidea Subfamily Aganainae Rank Genus | |
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Lower classifications Digama mara, Digama costimacula | ||
Digama is a genus of moths in the Erebidae family. It is distributed in South Africa, China, throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Australia.
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Taxonomy
The genus was formerly placed in the Arctiidae and the Noctuidae by different authors.
Description
Palpi upturned with second joint reaching vertex of head and long third joint. Fore wings 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. Hind wings with vein 5 from above lower angle of cell. Veins 6 and 7 are stalked.
References
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