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Digama Moore, [1860]

Digama Moore, [1860]; in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. Lep. Ins. Mus. Nat. East India House 2 : 297, TS: Digama hearseyana Moore
?Sommeria Hübner, [1831]; Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 3 : 13, TS: Sommeria culta Hübner
Bithra Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 32: 621, TS: Bithra spilosomoides Walker

= ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 22

Homoeognatha Felder, 1874; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (4): pl. 106, f. 20-21, TS: Homoeognatha aganais Felder
Bithra (Aganainae) ; Watson, Fletcher & Nye, 1980, Generic Names of Moths of the World, 2: 25
Digama (Artiinae) ; auth.
Digama (Noctuidae) ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 22
Digama (Aganainae) ; Lees & Minet, 2003, in S.M. Goodman & J. P. Benstead (eds.), The Natural History of Madagascar: 760, fn. 80

Should this genus be Sommeria Hübner, [1831] instead?

Digama malgassica Toulgoët, 1954

Madagascar. See [About maps] Digama malgassica Toulgoët, 1954; Mem. Inst. Sci. Madagascar (E) 5: 212, TL: Madagascar, massif de l'Ankaratra, Manjakatompo, Forêt d'Ambalona
Digama malgassica ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 23

Digama ostentata Distant, 1899

S.Africa. See [About maps] Digama ostentata Distant, 1899; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 3 (18) : 463, TL: Transvaal, Pretoria; Cape Colony, Annshaw
Digama ostentata ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 23

Digama pandaensis Romieux, 1935

Zaire. See [About maps] Digama pandaensis Romieux, 1935; Mitt. schweiz. ent. Ges. 16: 411, TL: [Zaire] near "Panda"
Digama pandaensis ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 23

Digama rileyi (Kiriakoff, 1958)

Uganda. See [About maps] Secusio rileyi Kiriakoff, 1958; Ruwenzori Exp. 1952 1: 25, TL: Uganda, Ruwenzori, Semliki Forest
Digama rileyi ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 23

Digama sagittata Gaede, 1926

-. See [About maps] Digama sagittata Gaede, 1926; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 14: 90, TL: Madagascar

D. s. sagittata

Madagascar Digama sagittata sagittata ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 23

D. s. angasijensis Viette, 1970

Digama sagittata angasijensis Viette, 1970; Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 75: 45, TL: Grand Comore, Nioumdadjou
Digama sagittata angasijensis ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 23

D. s. duberneti Viette, 1970

Digama sagittata duberneti Viette, 1970; Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 75: 45, TL: Comores, Convalescence, Mayotte
Digama sagittata duberneti ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 23

D. s. toulgoeti Viette, 1970

Digama sagittata toulgoeti Viette, 1970; Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 75: 45, TL: Comores, Bandamalé, Mohéli
Digama sagittata toulgoeti ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 23

Digama sinuosa Hampson, 1905

S.Africa. See [About maps] Digama sinuosa Hampson, 1905; Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 3 : 414, TL: Natal, Durban
Digama sinuosa ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 23

Larva on Acokanthera spectabilis Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 25

Digama spilosoma (Felder, 1874)

S.Africa. See [About maps] Homoeognatha spilosoma Felder, 1874; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (4): pl. 106, f. 20, TL: "Afr. mer. Knysna"
Digama spilosoma ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 23

Digama spilosomoides (Walker, 1865)

S.Africa. See [About maps] Bithra spilosomoides Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 32: 621, TL: South Africa
Digama spilosomoides ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 23

Digama spilleri (Bethune-Baker, 1908)

S.Africa. See [About maps] Creatonotos spilleri Bethune-Baker, 1908; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 2 (9) : 262, TL: Natal, Verulam
Digama spilleri ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 23

Digama strabonis Hampson, 1910

S.Africa. See [About maps] Digama strabonis Hampson, 1910; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 5 (29): 452, TL: Transvaal
Digama strabonis ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 23

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References:

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[HBN]

Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2

Some related literature:

Berio, 1939

Contributi alla conoscenza dei Lepidotteri eteroceri dell'Eritrea. II Boll. Soc. Ent. Italiana 71: 164-165

Berio, 1943

Contributi allo studio dei Lepidotteri eteroceri dell'Etrirea Ann. Mus. nat. Giacomo Doria 61: 176-190

Bethune-Baker, 1908

Descriptions of new African Heterocera Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 2 (9) : 255-264

Bethune-Baker, 1913

Description of new species of Lepidoptera from Africa and the East Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 11 (66) : 562-575

Distant, 1899

Some apparently undescribed Insects from the Transvaal Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 3 (18) : 461-465

Felder, 1874

Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Behilfen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Band 2. Abtheilung 2. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (1): 1-136, pl. 1-21 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, [1865]), (2): 137-378, pl. 22-47 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1865), (3): 379-536, pl. 48-74 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1867), (4): 537-548, pl. 75-120, (Inhalts-Verz.) 1-9 (pl. 1-74), (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) , (5): pl. 121-140, (erklärung) 1-10 (pl. 75-107), (Inhalts-Vers.) 1-20 (pl. 108-140), (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)

Goodger & Watson, 1995

An illustrated catalogue, with generic diagnosis and species distribution, of the Afrotropical Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Arctiinae) The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths

Hampson, 1905

The Moths of South Africa (Part 3) Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 3 : 389-438

Hampson, 1910

Description of new African Moths Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 5 (29): 430-464, 5 (30): 465-496, 6 (31): 116-141, 6 (32): 145-160

Hübner, [1831]

Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge, Vol. 3 [1824-] 1825 [-1831] Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 3 : [1-3], 4-6, [7], 8-40, [41-48] (1827 - 1831), : pl. [70-100], f. 401-582 (1824), : pl. [101-103], f. 583-600 (1825)

Lees & Minet, 2003

Lepidoptera: Systematics and Diversity in S.M. Goodman & J. P. Benstead (eds.), The Natural History of Madagascar

Moore, [1860]

A Catalogue of the lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of natural History at East-India House in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. Lep. Ins. Mus. Nat. East India House 2: : 279-440, pl. 13-23,7a,8a,9a,10a,11a,12a,13a

Romieux, 1935

Description de Lépidoptères nouveaux du Haut-Katanga (Congo Belge) Mitt. schweiz. ent. Ges. 16: 409-418

Strand, 1911

Neue Gattungen und Arten Afrikanischer Heterocera Dt. Ent. Zeit. 1911: 584-591

Swinhoe, 1907

New Eastern, Australian and African Heterocera Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 19 : 49-56

Toulgoët, 1954

Arctiides nouveaux de Madagascar et de l'ile Maurice Mem. Inst. Sci. Madagascar (E) 5: 169-217

Viette, 1970

Note sur Digama sagitta Gaede Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 75: 43-45

Walker, 1865

List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 31: 1-322 ([1865]), 32: 323-706 (1865), 33: 707-1120 (1865), 34: 1121-1534 ([1866]), 35: 1535-2040 (1866)

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