Digama sagittata

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Digama sagittata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Digama
Species:
D. sagittata
Binomial name
Digama sagittata
Gaede, 1926 [1]

Digama sagittata is a moth of the family Erebidae.

Distribution

It is found in Madagascar and on the Comores.

Subspecies

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References

  1. Gaede, M. 1926a. Zygaenidae, Heterogynidae. – In: Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine Systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge. Die Afrikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer. - — 14:19–37, 39–40