Digama fasciata is a moth of the family Erebidae described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It is found in north-western India and Sri Lanka.

Digama fasciata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Digama
Species:
D. fasciata
Binomial name
Digama fasciata
Butler, 1877

Description

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Antennae of male bipectinate (comb like on both sides) where the terminal one-fifth ciliated. Forewing with a fold on inner margin on upperside. In female, head and thorax brownish fuscous and abdomen orange yellow, with that the patagia have each a black streak. Forewing greyish fuscous. There are three black strigae on the costa, and two spots in the cell. Discocellulars are black. Three spots found in interno-median interspace. There is a large sub-basal spot above inner margin and two small spots beyond it. A spot beyond lower angle of cell and a curved irregular sub-marginal band present. Hindwings are orange yellow.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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