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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Erebinae » Omopterini » Gondysia » Smith's Darkwing Moth - Hodges#8726 (Gondysia smithii)

Species Gondysia smithii - Smith's Darkwing Moth - Hodges#8726

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Season · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Gondysia smithii - Smith's Darkwing Moth - Gondysia smithii

Smith's Darkwing Moth - Gondysia smithii

Gondysia smithii larval development - Gondysia smithii

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)

Family Erebidae

Subfamily Erebinae

Tribe Omopterini

Genus Gondysia

Species smithii (Smith's Darkwing Moth - Hodges#8726)

Hodges Number

8726

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Gondysia smithii (Guenée, 1852)

Neadysgonia smithii

Dysgonia smithii (Guenée, 1852)

Ophiusa smithii Guenée in Boisduval and Guenée, 1852

Phylogenetic sequence # 930959

Numbers

There are four named species of Gondysia in America north of Mexico.(1)

Size

wingspan ≈37–40mm (2)

Identification

Genitalia:

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Unless you have evidence of rearing, dissection or a DNA test, the images of moths in these two species should be placed ----> here

Larvae:

Season

Adults are on wing from April to September. There are multiple generations per year. (2)

Life Cycle

Larva; larva:

See Also

We cannot easily separate the adults from the very similar species, Gondysia telma.

Print References

Sullivan, JB and A. Legrain 2013. Gondysia preceeded Neadysgonia (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Erebinae), a new generic synonymy from Southeastern United States – Corrigendum.(1)

Internet References

Wikipedia

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	Gondysia preceeded Neadysgonia (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Erebinae), a new generic synonymy from .... J. Bolling Sullivan, Albert Legrain . 2013. ZooKeys 264: 237–238.

2.	Wikipedia

Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 28 May, 2007 - 4:04pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 12 March, 2025 - 1:59pm

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