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Dinumma

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Dinumma
Dinumma combusta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku (August 18, 2019). "Dinumma Walker, 1858". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  2. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Dinumma​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  3. ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Dinumma Walker, 1858". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  4. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.