Diduga scalprata Bayarsaikhan, Li & Bae, 2020

Bayarsaikhan, Ulziijargal, Cha, Yeong-Bin, Lee, Tak-Gi, Jang, Chang-Moon, Kwon, Hyung Wook & Bae, Yang-Seop, 2021, Two new species and four new records of Diduga (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) from Laos, Zootaxa 4970 (1), pp. 131-142 : 138-139

Diduga scalprata Bayarsaikhan, Li & Bae, 2020

( Figs 6a, 6b , 13 , 20 )

Diduga scalprata Bayarsaikhan, Li & Bae, 2020 , Zootaxa 4751 (2): 361, figs. 3, 11. TL: China (Bakaxiaozhai).

Type series. Holotype: 1 ♂, China, Bakaxiaozhai , Menglun Town , Mengla County, Xishuangbanna, 630m, 07.VIII.2010, leg. Yinghui Sun & Lixia Li, adult and gen. slide No. INU–10080 China, deposited in Nankai University, Tianjin, China.

Material examined. LAOS: 1 ♂, Bolikhamsai Prov., PKK Nat. Park (N18˚28′25.28″, E103˚5′6.11″ Alt : 322m), 1.IV.2016 (YS Bae, BS Park, SM Na, JW Kim, DJ Lee), Gen. Slide No. INU–1972L ; 2 ♂, Bolikhamsai Prov., PKK Nat. Park (N18˚27′23.76″, E103˚03′05.15″ Alt : 470m), 22.VII.2018 (YS Bae, DJ Lee, JH Ko, TG Lee, CM Jang, U Bayarsaikhan), Gen. Slide No. INU–10056L, 10053L; 1 f ♂, Xiengkhouang Prov., Ban Tha (N19˚40′25.580″, E103˚34′5.489″ Alt : 607m), 31.VIII.2018 (YS Bae, SM Na, DJ Lee, JH Ko, TG Lee, CM Jang), Gen. Slide No. INU–10142L ; 2 ♂, Xiengkhouang Prov., Ban Tha (N19˚43′28.92″, E103˚36′26.02″ Alt : 1245m), 1.IX.2018 (YS Bae, SM Na, DJ Lee, JH Ko, TG Lee, CM Jang), Gen. Slide No. INU–10157L, 10132L .

Distribution. Laos, China ( Bayarsaikhan et al. 2020a).

Remarks. This species was reported from Laos (Houaphanh Province) by Bucsek (2020: 48, figs 20–21, 59). In this study, we report for Bolikhamsai and Xiengkhouang Provinces of Laos for the first time.

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Adults of Diduga from Laos. 1a. D. hastata sp. nov., male (holotype, INU˗10389L). 1b. ditto, female (paratype, INU˗10411L). 2a. D. mucronata sp. nov., male (holotype, INU˗10172L). 2b. ditto, male (paratype, INU˗10135L). 3a. D. albicosta, male (INU˗10409L). 3b. ditto, female (INU˗10394L). 4. D. allodubatolovi, male (INU˗10059L). 5. D. luteogibbosa, male (INU˗1902L). 6a. D. scalprata, male (INU˗10395L). 6b. ditto, female (INU˗10142L) (scale bar 2.5 mm).

FIGURES 10–14. Male genitalia of Diduga from Laos. 10a. D. mucronata sp. nov. (holotype, INU˗10172L). 10b. ditto (paratype, INU˗10135L). 11. D. hastata sp. nov. (holotype, INU˗10389L). 12. D. allodubatololovi (INU˗10063L). 13. D. scalprata (INU˗10395L). 14. D. luteogibbosa, male (INU˗1902L) (scale bar 0.5 mm).

FIGURES 19–23. Female genitalia of Diduga from Laos. 19. D. hastata sp. nov. (paratype, INU˗10411L). 20. D. scalprata (INU˗10142L). 21. D. albicosta (INU˗10394L). 22. D. annulata (INU˗10141L). 23. D. amoenusa (INU˗10436L) (scale bar 0.5 mm).