Dysgonia constricta

Dysgonia constricta is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1874.[1] It is found in New Guinea and the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland.

Dysgonia constricta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Dysgonia
Species:
D. constricta
Binomial name
Dysgonia constricta
(Butler, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Ophiusa constricta Butler, 1874
  • Parallelia constricta (Butler, 1874)
  • Catocala albofasciata Scott, 1891
  • Grammodes divaricata Lucas, 1892
  • Parallelia divaricata (Lucas, 1892)
  • Dysgonia divaricata (Lucas, 1892)
  • Dysgonia albofasciata (Scott, 1891)

The larvae feed on Elaeocarpus obovatus.

References
  1. Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae. Archived September 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9.


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