Biology:Dinumma

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Dinumma
Erebid moth (Dinumma combusta) (23614817450).jpg
Dinumma combusta
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Scoliopteryginae
Tribe: Anomini
Genus: Dinumma
Walker, 1858
Synonyms
  • Ortheaga Walker, 1865
  • Paralopha Bethune-Baker, 1908

Dinumma is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858.[1][2][3]

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.[4]

Species

  • Dinumma deponens Walker, 1858 India, Thailand, China, Japan, Korea
  • 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

Wikidata ☰ Q5278760 entry