Dudusa

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
Dudusa nobilis subsp. baibarana, male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Subfamily: Dudusinae
Genus: Dudusa
Walker, 1865
Synonyms
  • Dudusoides Matsumura, 1929
  • Dudusopsis Matsumura, 1929

Species

Except 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

  1. Savela, Markku. "Dudusa nobilis Walker, 1865". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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