Diduga flavicostata

Diduga flavicostata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
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. It is found on Java,[1] as well as in Australia (the Northern Territory), India, Sri Lanka, Burma, 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 fore wings are dark greyish, where fore wings 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 hind wings are paler.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Diduga at funet
  2. ↑ Australian Faunal Directory
  3. ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.


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