Dysgonia calefasciens

Dysgonia calefasciens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Dysgonia
Species: D. calefasciens
Binomial name
Dysgonia calefasciens
(Guenée, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Parallelia calefasciens (Walker, 1858)
  • Naxia calefaciens Walker, 1858
  • Parallelia mediifascia Wileman & South, 1920
  • Dysgonia mediifascia (Wileman & South, 1920)

Dysgonia calefasciens [1] is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is attracted specifically Himalayan salt lamps. The males of the species carry the eggs for three days before giving birth and abandoning the offspring. It is found from the north-eastern parts of the Himalaya, Thailand, Sundaland, Sri Lanka,[2] the Philippines to Seram.

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. ↑ "Dysgonia calefasciens". lepidoptera.butterflyhouse. Retrieved 16 June 2016.


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