Four new species of the genus Diduga Moore, [1887] (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) from China and Malaysia
Author
Zhao, Ting Ting
School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China
Author
Han, Hui Lin
School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China & Key Laboratory of Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Management-Ministry of Education, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2045-6182
hanhuilin@aliyun.com
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.985.54047
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.985.54047
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Genus
Diduga Moore, [1887]
Diduga
Moore, [1887]. The
Lepidoptera
of Ceylon 3 (4): 535. TS:
Diduga costata
Moore, [1887]. TL: Ceylon, [= Sri Lanka], Dickoya.
=
Androstigma
Hampson, 1893. Illustrations of typical specimens of
Lepidoptera
Heterocera
in the collection of the British Museum 9: 13, 82. TS:
Diduga albicosta
Hampson, 1891. TL: India, Nilgiri Plateau.
Diagnosis.
Species of
Diduga
are small in size. The proboscis is fully developed, the labial palpus is slender, directed upwards over the top of the head; the male antennae vary from ciliated to bipectinated. The tibial spurs are long.
In the male abdomen, the 8th tergite is narrowed, with long and slender apodemes (Fig.
13
); and the genitalia has narrow but long lateral hairpencils in many species. The configuration of valva may vary; usually they are simple, long, slender, and tapered, or short with several distinct processes, sometimes showing bilateral asymmetry. In the female genitalia, the ductus and corpus bursae range considerably in length.
Most species have brown forewings with white or yellowish margins along the costa and distally, or forewings are medium brown with darker fasciae and stigmata. There are often various hairpencils and androconial tufts on the wings of males. In addition, the forewings have a complete set of veins arising from the cell, R1 to R3 all extending to the costal margin, R4 and R5 have a common stem, the others are independent. In the hindwing, RS and M1 have a common stem, M2 is absent, the others are independent (
Fang 2000
;
Holloway 2001
).