Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Arctiidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Diduga | |
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Similar Cyana, Nyctemera, Miltochrista, Eilema, Amata | ||
Diduga flavicostata is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found on Java, as well as in Australia (the Northern Territory), India, Sri Lanka, Burma, Malaysia, China (Jiangxi, Taiwan, Fujian, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Yunnan) and Japan.
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.
References
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