Dysgonia monogona (Lower, 1903)
 (formerly known as Ophiusa monogona)
EREBINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

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

The adult moth of this species has wings that are grey or brown, with a curvy pattern on each wing. The wingspan is about 5 cms.

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

The species has been found in

  • Northern Territory,
  • Queensland.

    Further reading

    Oswald B. Lower,
    Descriptions of New Australian Noctuina, etc.,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 27 (1903), p. 38.

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 129.

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    (written 9 January 2012, updated 19 August 2019, 6 April 2022)