Dysgonia hamatilis (Guenée, 1852)
 (formerly known as Naxia hamatilis)
EREBINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
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Stella Crossley

Dysgonia hamatilis
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species is basically dark brown with a blue sheen. Each forewing has a pale margin and a transverse pale stripe. The wingspan is about 6 cms.

Dysgonia hamatilis
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, listed as Bastilla hamatilis)

The species has been found in :

  • Queensland.

    Further reading :

    Achille Guenée,
    Noctuélites III,
    in Boisduval & Guenée:
    Histoire Naturelle des Insectes; Spécies Général des Lépidoptères,
    Volume 9, Part 7 (1852), p. 255, No. 1677.

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 128.

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    (updated 18 July 2010, 19 August 2019, 6 April 2022)