Diduga amoenusa Bucsek, 2012

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 : 135

Diduga amoenusa Bucsek, 2012

( Figs 7a, 7b , 18 , 23 )

Diduga amoenusa Bucsek, 2012 , Erebidae , Arctiinae ( Lithosiinae , Arctiini ) of Malay Peninsula˗ Malaysia: 25, pl. 4: 53. TL: Peninsular Malaysia (Cameron Highlands, Tanah Rata env.).

Type series. Holotype: 1 ♂, Malaysia, Pahang distr., Cameron Highlands, Kampung Kuala Boh vill. Env., 850–1050 m, 4˚27.9′ N, 101˚34.8′ E, 26.III–3.IV.2001, leg. Karol Bucsek, deposited in Museum WITT, München, Germany.

Material examined. LAOS: 2 ♂, 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–1971L, 1973L; 2 ♂, 1 f ♂, Bo- likhamsai Prov., PKK Nat. Park (N18˚27′23.76″, E103˚03′05.15″ Alt: 470m), 22–28.VII.2018 (YS Bae, U Bayar- saikhan, DJ Lee, JH Ko, TG Lee, CM Jang), Gen. Slide No. INU–10436L; 1 f ♂, Bolikhamsai Prov., PKK Nat. Park (N18˚25′11.75″, E103˚05′12.59″ Alt: 290m), 3.IX.2018 (YS Bae, SM NA, DJ Lee, JH Ko, TG Lee, YB Cha, CM Jang); 1 ♂, Bolikhamsai Prov., PKK Nat. Park (N18˚27′23.76″, E103˚03′05.15″ Alt: 470m), 3.VIII.2019 (YS Bae, MJ Qi, DJ Lee, JH Ko, TG Lee, YB Cha, CM Jang).

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

Remarks. This species is newly recorded in Laos (Bolikhamsai Province).

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).

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).