Taxonomic Information
Dinumma Walker, 1858 species known from India.
Dinumma deponens Walker, 1858. India: Chhattisgarh (Raipur), Nilgiri Hills; Myanmar.
Dinumma inangulata Hampson, 1902. India: Sikkim (TL), Arunachal Pradesh.
Dinumma placens Walker, 1858. India: Himachal Pradesh (Dharamshala), Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh UT, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Nilgiris; Nepal; Sri Lanka (TL).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 3 |
- Dinumma placens Walker, 1858; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 15: 1806; TL: Ceylon. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso1315brit/page/1806/mode/1up
- Hampson, FBI, Vol. 2, pg. 355.
- Dinumma varians Butler, 1889; Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum, pg. 73, pl. 131, f. 9-10; TL: Dharmsala. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46936437#page/83/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46936437#page/155/mode/1up.
- MON Part 2, Pl. 52/7.
- http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/80_Noctuidae/13_Calpinae/04_Scoliopterygini/4316_Dinumma_placens/Dinumma_placens.htm
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/541877-Dinumma-placens
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Dinumma placens Walker, 1858 – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/dinumma-placens, accessed 2026/04/07.