Dolgoma oblitterans

Dolgoma oblitterans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Dolgoma
Species:	D. oblitterans
Binomial name
	Dolgoma oblitterans; (R. Felder, 1868)
Synonyms
	Lithosia oblitterans Felder, 1868; Eilema oblitterans; Eilema oblitterans ab. kilimanjaronis Strand, 1922; Lithosia undulata Heylaerts, 1891;

Dolgoma oblitterans is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Rudolf Felder in 1868. It is found from the Himalayas, Sri Lanka to Yunnan.[1] There is also a record from Tanzania.[2]

Description

Forewing with vein 9 stalked with veins 7 and 8. Forewing with the outer margin of moderate length. Male lack secondary sexual characters on the forewing. Head, thorax and forewing being purplish grey without fuscous suffusion. Forewing with the angulate band more prominent and less diffused. Hindwings are pale ochreous with a fuscous change.[3]

References

Dubatolov, V. V. & Zolotuhin, V. V. (2011). "Does Eilema Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Lithosiinae) present one or several genera?" (PDF). Euroasian Entomological Journal. 10 (3): 367–379, 380, VII.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Eilema oblitterans (Felder, 1868)". Afromoths. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[1] Dubatolov, V. V. & Zolotuhin, V. V. (2011). "Does Eilema Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Lithosiinae) present one or several genera?" (PDF). Euroasian Entomological Journal. 10 (3): 367–379, 380, VII.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Eilema oblitterans (Felder, 1868)". Afromoths. Retrieved January 14, 2019.

[3] Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.