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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Dysgonia |
| Species: | D. constricta
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| Dysgonia constricta (Butler, 1874)
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The larvae feed on Elaeocarpus obovatus.
References
edit- ^ 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.
External links
edit- Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (10 April 2017). "Dysgonia constricta (Butler, 1874)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
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