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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Dolgoma |
| Species: | D. oblitterans
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| Binomial name | |
| Dolgoma oblitterans (R. Felder, 1868)
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Description
editForewing 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
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- ^ 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.