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Dysgonia rigidistria

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Dysgonia rigidistria
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D. rigidistria
Binomial name
Dysgonia rigidistria
(Guenée, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Parallelia rigidistria (Guenée, 1852)

Dysgonia rigidistria [1] is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found on the Indian peninsula and Sri Lanka.

Taxonomy

Dysgonia calefasciens (Walker, 1858) and Dysgonia correctana (Walker, 1865) are no longer considered synonyms of Dysgonia rigidistria.

Description

Its wingspan is about 56 mm. It is a bronze-brown moth. Forewings with a white speck found in the cell. There is an erect straight medial whitish band with a dark line on its outer edge. An indistinct dark waved sub-marginal line and a marginal black specks series can be seen. Abdomen and hindwings are fuscous, where there are traces of medial and sub-marginal pale lines on hindwings. A marginal black speck series present. Ventral side with two waved postmedial line to each wing.[2]

References

  1. ^ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae Archived September 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. CRC Press. ISBN 0-916846-45-8, ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9
  2. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.