Diduga flavicostata (Snellen, 1878) (erroneously: Diduga flavicosta) LITHOSIINI,   ARCTIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans, (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Dominic Funnell, Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory)

The adult moths of this species have forewings that are brown, each with an irregular pale-yellow border sometimes containing dark dots.

(Photo: courtesy of Dave Britton)

The hindwings are plain brown or yellow. The wingspan is about 1 cm.

female, drawing by Pieter Cornelius Tobias Snellen, listed as Pitane flavicostata,
Nieuwe Pyraliden op Celebes gevonden, Tijdschrift voor Entomologie,
Volume 22 (1878), Plate 10, fig. 8,
Image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Smithsonian Libraries.

The species is found across south-east Asia, including:

Northern Territory.

underside of wings
drawing by Pieter Cornelius Tobias Snellen, listed as Pitane flavicostata,
Nieuwe Pyraliden op Celebes gevonden, Tijdschrift voor Entomologie,
Volume 22 (1878), Plate 10, fig. 8,
Image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Smithsonian Libraries.

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Further reading :

Pieter Cornelius Tobias Snellen,
Nieuwe Pyraliden op Celebes gevonden,
Tijdschrift voor Entomologie,
Volume 22 (1878), pp. 92-93, No. 55, and also Plate 10, fig. 8.

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