Dysgonia latizona (Butler, 1874)
(also known as : Buzara latizona)
 CATOCALINAE ,   NOCTUIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley

The Caterpillars of this species are grey with orange and black spots, and a yellow line along each side just above the legs. They move in a looper fashion, as they are missing a pair of prolegs. They feed on:

  • Willgar ( Breynia longifolia, EUPHORBIACEAE ), and
  • Bahupatra ( Phyllanthus, EUPHORBIACEAE ).

    The Caterpillars grow to a length of about 4 cms. They pupate in a cocoon amonst the ground litter. Adult moths emerge after about 14 days in summer in Bundaberg.


    (Photo: courtesy of Evan Harris, Ipswich)

    The adult moths have a wingspan of about 4 cms. They are found over New Guinea and the northern half of Australia.

    The species appears as Illustration number 11 in Plate CCXIX of Hampson's Noctuidae of the British Museum, 1903-1913.


    (Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)

    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common, Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 21.9, p. 453.

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    (updated 9 August 2011)