Diduga flavicostata

Diduga flavicostata is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Snellen in 1879. It is found on Java,[1] as well as in Australia (the Northern Territory), India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, China (Jiangxi, Taiwan, Fujian, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Yunnan) and Japan.[2]

Diduga flavicostata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Diduga
Species:
D. flavicostata
Binomial name
Diduga flavicostata
(Snellen, 1879)
Synonyms
  • Pitane flavicostata Snellen, 1879
  • Diduga fulvicosta Hampson, 1891
  • Diduga flavicosta Seitz, 1914
  • Diduga costata Moore, F. 1887

Description

Antennae of male ciliated. Head, collar and tegulae are bright yellowish. Thorax and forewings are dark greyish, where forewings possess bright yellow costal area irrorated with a few black scales. Lower edge is waved. Costa black near the base and black specks on antemedial and postmedial. There is a marginal, bright yellow band with a pale waved inner edge. Cilia orange yellowish. Abdomen and hindwings are paler.[3]

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Diduga flavicostata (Snellen, 1879)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  2. "Australian Faunal Directory". Archived from the original on 2014-01-06. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
  3. 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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