''Dysgonia rigidistria'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family

Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...

first described by

Achille Guenée Achille Guenée (sometimes M.A. Guenée; 1 January 1809 – 30 December 1880) was a French lawyer and entomologist. Biography Achille Guenée was born in Chartres and died in Châteaudun. He was educated in Chartres, where he showed a very e ...

in 1852. It is found on the

Indian peninsula The Indian subcontinent is a physiographical region in Southern Asia. It is situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean from the Himalayas. Geopolitically, it includes the countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India ...

and

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

Taxonomy

'' Dysgonia calefasciens'' (Walker, 1858) and '' Dysgonia correctana'' (Walker, 1865) are no longer considered synonyms of ''Dysgonia rigidistria''.

Description

Its wingspan is about 56 mm. It is a bronze-brown moth. Forewings with a white speck found in the cell. There is an erect straight medial whitish band with a dark line on its outer edge. An indistinct dark waved sub-marginal line and a marginal black specks series can be seen. Abdomen and hindwings are fuscous, where there are traces of medial and sub-marginal pale lines on hindwings. A marginal black speck series present. Ventral side with two waved postmedial line to each wing.

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