Digama hearseyana

Digama hearseyana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Genus:Digama
Species: D. hearseyana
Binomial name
Digama hearseyana
Moore, 1859
Synonyms
  • Digama piepersiana Snellen, 1879

Digama hearseyana is a moth of the family Erebidae described by Frederic Moore in 1859.[1] It is found in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. Two subspecies are recognized.[2]

Description

The wingspan is about 30 mm. Antennae of male with fasciculate cilia. Head and thorax brownish fuscous and abdomen orange yellow. Forewing pale fuscous clouded with duller fuscous. Basal half of wing spotted with black, four spots on costa, three spots on cell, three spots in interno-medial interspace and two spots in inner margin. Sub-marginal and marginal fuscous bands are irregular and dentate. Hindwings are orange yellow with fuscous marginal patches at apex.[3]

Subspecies

  • Digama hearseyana hearseyana (India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka)
  • Digama hearseyana similis (north-eastern India)

References

  1. ↑ "Digama hearseyana Moore, 1859". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Digama hearseyana f. similis Moore 1878". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  3. ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths. I. Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 29 September 2017.



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