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Dysgonia constricta

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Dysgonia constricta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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  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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