Dudusa is a genus of moths in the family Notodontidae. It was first described by Francis Walker in 1865.[1] Moths in genus Dudusa are large, with yellow to ochre forewings and brown hindwings, and show little sexual dimorphism.[2] Species occur in Asia, with the most diversity in Indochina.[2]
| Dudusa | |
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| Dudusa nobilis subsp. baibarana, male | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Notodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Dudusinae |
| Genus: | Dudusa Walker, 1865 |
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Species
editExcept where separately referenced, the following species and subspecies are per Schintlmeister 2013:[3]
- Dudusa celebensis Roepke, 1944
- Dudusa distincta Mell, 1922
- Dudusa minor Schintlmeister, 1993
- Dudusa minor expectata Schintlmeister & Lourens, 2010
- Dudusa minor rufa Schintlmeister & Lourens, 2010
- Dudusa nobilis Walker, 1865
- Dudusa nobilis baibarana Matsumura, 1929
- Dudusa obesa Schintlmeister & Fang, 2001
- Dudusa roepkei Schintlmeister 2020[2]
- Dudusa sphingiformis Moore, 1872
- Dudusa synopla Swinhoe, 1907
- Dudusa vethi (Snellen, 1892)
- Dudusa vethi borneensis Roepke, 1944
- Dudusa vethi ferruginea Schintlmeister, 2020[2]
- Dudusa vethi javana Roepke, 1944
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku. "Dudusa nobilis Walker, 1865". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
- ^ a b c d Schintlmeister, Alexander (2020). The Notodontidae of the Indonesian archipelago (Lepidoptera). Volume 1. Leiden: Brill. p. 11. ISBN 978-90-04-35425-8. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- ^ Schintlmeister, Alexander (2013). World Catalogue of Insects 11: Notodontidae & Oenosandridae (Lepidoptera) (e-book ed.). Leiden: Brill. pp. 132–134. ISBN 978-90-04-25918-8. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
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