Diduga flavicostata explained

Diduga flavicostata is a species of moth in 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Savela . Markku . Diduga flavicostata (Snellen, 1879) . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . January 14, 2019.
  2. Web site: Australian Faunal Directory . 2014-01-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140106164608/http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/Diduga_flavicostata . 2014-01-06 . dead .
  3. Book: Hampson, G. F. . George Hampson

    . George Hampson . 1894 . The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II . Taylor and Francis . Biodiversity Heritage Library.