Diduga Moore [1887]

Bayarsaikhan, Ulziijargal & Bae, Yang ˗ Seop, 2019, Four new and one newly recorded species of Diduga Moore, [1887] (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) from Vietnam, with redescription of the little known species Diduga haematomiformis van Eecke, 1920, Zootaxa 4624 (3), pp. 365-376 : 366

Genus Diduga Moore [1887]

Diduga Moore , [1887], Lepid. Ceylon 3 (4): 535. TS: Diduga costata Moore , [1887]. TL: Sri Lanka (Dickoya).

Androstigma Hampson, 1893 , Ill. typical Spec. Lep. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 9: 13, 82. TS: Diduga albicosta Hampson, 1891 . TL: India (Nilgiri plateau).

Distribution. Vietnam ( Dubatolov & Bucsek 2016), China, Taiwan ( Fang 2000), Japan ( Kishida 2011), India ( Kirti & Singh 2015), Thailand ( Černý & Pinratana 2009), Cambodia ( Bayarsaikhan et al. 2018), peninsular Malaysia ( Bucsek 2012; 2014), Myanmar (S. Burma), The Philippines, Sri Lanka, Borneo, Indonesia (Sulawesi, Sumatra, Sumbawa, Bali, Java), New Guinea ( Holloway 2001).

Remarks. Species of this genus have very similar appearance, and strict distinction is possible only by examination of the genitalia structure.