Diduga albicosta Hampson, 1891

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

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scientific name	Diduga albicosta Hampson, 1891
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Diduga albicosta Hampson, 1891 , Ill. Typical Spec. Lep. Het. Colln. Br. Mus. 8: 5, 53, pl. 140: 17. TL: India (Nilgiris). Androstigma albicosta: Hampson, 1893 , Ill. Typical Spec. Lep. Het. Colln. Br. Mus. 9: 82, pl. 158, f. 25.

Material examined. 2 ♂, 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–10394L, 10409L .

Distribution. Laos ( Bucsek 2020), China ( Bayarsaikhan et al. 2020a), India ( Kirti & Singh 2015), Sri Lanka ( Moore [1887]), Thailand ( Černý & Pinratana 2009, Bayarsaikhan et al. 2020b), Cambodia ( Bayarsaikhan et al. 2018), Peninsular Malaysia ( Bucsek 2012).

Remarks. This species was reported from Khammouane Province by Bucsek (2020: 48, figs 22–23) and from Vientiane Province by Kishida (2020: 127, pl. 57: 27) in Laos. In this study, we report for Champasak Province of Laos for the first time.