Diduga
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| A species from the Western Ghats of India | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Subtribe: | Nudariina |
| Genus: | Diduga Moore, [1877][1] |
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Diduga is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.
Description[edit]
Palpi slender and obliquely porrect. Tibia with long spurs. Forewings with vein 3 arise from before angle of cell. Veins 4 and 5 from angle, vein 6 from upper angle and veins 7 and 8 are stalked. Hindwings with vein 4 from angle of cell, vein 5 from above angle, vein 3 absent and veins 6 and 7 are stalked. Forewings of male possess a costal fold acting like the retinaculum.[2]
Species[edit]
- Diduga albicosta
- Diduga albida
- Diduga annulata
- Diduga barlowi
- Diduga ciliata
- Diduga dorsolobata
- Diduga excisa
- Diduga flavicostata
- Diduga fumipennis
- Diduga haematomiformis
- Diduga metaleuca
- Diduga pectinifer
- Diduga plumosa
- Diduga rufidiscalis
- Diduga trichophora
References[edit]
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Diduga Moore, [1887]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
External links[edit]
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- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.