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Dysgonia rigidistria
Species of moth From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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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]
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