Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Noctuidae Scientific name Dysgonia rigidistria | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Dysgonia Rank Species | |
Dysgonia rigidistria is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found on the Indian Peninsula and Sri Lanka.
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Taxonomy
Dysgonia calefasciens (Walker, 1858) and Dysgonia correctana (Walker, 1865) are no longer considered synonyms of Dysgonia rigidistria.
Description
Wingspan is about 56mm. A bronze brown colored moth. Fore wings 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 hind wings are fuscous, where there are traces of medial and sub-marginal pale lines on hind wings. A marginal black speck series present. Ventral side with two waved postmedial line to each wing.
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