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Gondysia telma

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Noctuidae

Scientific name
  
Neadysgonia telma

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Gondysia

Rank
  
Species

Gondysia telma

Gondysia telma is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in North America, from North Carolina southward at least to the Florida Panhandle and central Florida and westward to Texas, with one record farther north from Indiana.

It occurs in swamp forests where there is standing water. In this habitat red maples tend to dominate emergent forests whereas mature forests are more mixed with cypress often the dominant large tree.

The length of the forewings is 19-20 mm. There are multiple brooded throughout its range with adults on wing from April through September.

Etymology

The Greek word telma refers to standing water. Specimens from North Carolina and Florida are associated with hydric forests in the Coastal Plain.

References

Gondysia telma Wikipedia