Diduga alternota Bucsek, 2014

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 : 136

Diduga alternota Bucsek, 2014

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Diduga alternota Bucsek, 2014 , Erebidae , Arctiinae ( Lithosiinae , Arctiini ) of Malay Peninsula˗ Malaysia (Suppl.): 8, pl. 1: 11, 11a. TL: Peninsular Malaysia (Pahang dist., Endau Rompin State Park).

Type series. Holotype: 1 ♂, Malaysia, Pahang distr., Endau Rompin State Park, Camping by the Kincin River , 50 m, 2˚37′10.4″ N, 103˚20′10.9″ E, 23.IX–30.IX.2012, leg. Karol Bucsek, deposited in Museum WITT, München, Germany.

Material examined. 2 ♂, Laos, Champasak Prov., Tad Yeuang Waterfall (N15˚10′50.9″, E106˚08′21.9″ Alt : 9650m), 29.VII.2019 (YS Bae, MJ Qi, DJ Lee, JH Ko, TG Lee, YB Cha, CM Jang), Gen. Slide No. INU–10136L, 10422L .

Distribution. Laos ( Bucsek 2020), Thailand ( Bayarsaikhan et al. 2020b), Vietnam ( Bayarsaikhan & Bae 2019), Cambodia (Bayarsaikham et al. 2018), Peninsular Malaysia, Indonesia ( Bucsek 2012).

Remarks. This species was reported from Laos (Houaphanh Province) by Bucsek (2020: 49, fig. 24). In this study, we report for Champasak Province of Laos for the first time.

Figures

FIGURES 7–9. Adults of Diduga from Laos. 7a. D. amoenusa, male (INU˗1971L). 7b. ditto, female (INU˗10436L). 8a. D. annulata, male (INU˗1906L). 8b. ditto, female (INU˗10141L). 9. D. alternota, male (INU˗10422L) (scale bar 2.5 mm).

FIGURES 15–18. Male genitalia of Diduga from Laos. 15. D. albicosta (INU˗10409L). 16. D. annulata (INU˗1906L). 17. D. alternota (INU˗10422L). 18. D. amoenusa (INU˗1971L) (scale bar 0.5 mm).