Biology:Dysgonia constricta

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Short description: Species of moth

Dysgonia constricta
Parallelia constricta.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
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)

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.

The larvae feed on Elaeocarpus obovatus.

References

  1. Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae. . CRC Press. ISBN:978-0-916846-45-9.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5319430 entry