Dysgonia senex Walker, 1858 is a animal in the Erebidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Dysgonia senex Walker, 1858

Dysgonia senex Walker, 1858

Dysgonia senex is an Australian Erebidae moth first described by Francis Walker in 1858, with a 70 mm wingspan.

Family
Genus
Dysgonia
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Dysgonia senex Walker, 1858

Dysgonia senex is a moth species that belongs to the family Erebidae. It was first formally described by Francis Walker in 1858. This species occurs only in Queensland, a state in Australia. The wingspan of Dysgonia senex is approximately 70 millimeters.

Photo: (c) Felix Fleck, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Felix Fleck · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Erebidae Dysgonia

More from Erebidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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