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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Diduga |
| Species: | D. flavicostata
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| Diduga flavicostata (Snellen, 1879)
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Description
editAntennae 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]
References
edit- ^ 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.