Diduga flavicostata

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;

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]

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]

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References

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