Dysgonia constricta EREBINAE EREBIDAE
Was:- Dysgonia constricta CATOCALINAE NOCTUIDAELarval food plant is Elaeocarpus obovatus, ELAEOCARPACEAE (Hard Quandong)
Although this is not a particularly common tree, we do have one here and there are a few in the area. I frequently see these moths when bush walking, so it is possible that there are other suitable food plants around.
This moth is referred to as Parallelia constricta in Moths of Australia (IFB Common), and Bastilla constricta in A Guide to Australian Moths (Zborowski and Edwards)
Family:- EREBIDAE
Sub Family:- EREBINAE
Genus:- Dysgonia
Species:- constricta
Here are a number of synonyms:-
Ophiusa constricta Butler, 1874
Parallelia constricta Butler, 1874
Catocala albofasciata Scott, 1891
Grammodes divaricata Lucas, 1892
Parallelia divaricata Lucas, 1892
Dysgonia divaricata Lucas, 1892
Dysgonia albofasciata Scott, 1891
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Buzara latizona EREBINAE EREBIDAE
EDITED: April 12 2020, It now seems to have changed back again to Dysgonia!!!I did a blog entry on this moth on Thursday, 21 October 2015 under the name Dysgonia latizona CATOCALINAE NOCTUIDAE, however, I find that Buzara latizona EREBINAE EREBIDAE seems to be the preferred name now.
Was:- Dysgonia latizona CATOCALINAE NOCTUIDAE
The larval food plant is PHYLLANTHACEAE species probably Breynia longifolia, PHYLLANTHACEAE (Willgar).
PHYLLANTHACEAE species is also one of the larval food plant of the Achaea janata moths (Blog, Wednesday, 21 June 2017), and Grammodes ocellata CATOCALINAE NOCTUIDAE (Blog, Wednesday, 1 July 2015).
Family:- EREBIDAE
Sub Family:- EREBINAE
Genus:- Dysgonia (was Buzara)
Species:- latizona
Some synonyms:-
Ophiusa latizona Butler, 1874
Parallelia latizona Butler, 1874
Leucanitis schraderi Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
Dysgonia schraderi Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
Dysgonia latizona Butler, 1874
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