Digama sagittata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Digama |
Species: | D. sagittata |
Binomial name | |
Digama sagittata | |
It is found in Madagascar and on the Comores.
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