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Diota rostrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Diota
Species:	D. rostrata
Binomial name
Diota rostrata (Wallengren, 1860)
Synonyms
Euchelia rostrata Wallengren, 1860 Galtara rostrata Panagra pustularia Walker, Secusio pustularia Anthora privata Walker, 1865 Secusio rostrata ab. griseotincta Strand, 1919

Diota rostrata is a species of moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Wallengren in 1860. It is found in South Africa, Eswatini, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Ethiopia.

The length of the forewings is 13–16 mm. Adults are cream coloured with brown mottling and darker shades as well as a few black dots in the basal, medial and post medial areas on the forewings.

The larvae feed on a wide range of plants including Senecio species (including S. angulatus, S. tamoides and S. oxyodontus), Delairea odorata, Mikaniopsis cissampelina, Kleinia abyssinica, Carthamus tinctorius, Daucus carota and Bidens pilosa.

References

1. Savela, Markku. "Diota rostrata (Wallengren, 1860)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
2. "Biology and Laboratory Host Range of the Moth, Diota rostrata (Wallengren) (Noctuidae: Arctiinae), a Natural Enemy of Cape ivy"

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