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Dysgonia pudica

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Dysgonia pudica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Dysgonia
Species:
D. pudica
Binomial name
Dysgonia pudica
(Möschler, 1888)
Synonyms
  • Ophiusa orthaea Mabille, 1890
  • Dysgonia orthaea (Mabille, 1890)
  • Parallelia pudica Möschler, 1888

Dysgonia pudica is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1888.[1] It is mainly found in Ghana and Ivory Coast.

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