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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

Genus Gondysia

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Range · Print References · Works Cited

Gondysia smithii - Smith's Darkwing Moth - Gondysia smithii

Gondysia sp. (with G. smithii or G. telma being the most likely candidates) - Gondysia

Sumatra, FL Roadside moth - Gondysia consobrina

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

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Gondysia Berio, 1955

Formerly Neadysgonia (1)

Dysgonia Hübner, [1823]

Numbers

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

Identification

Adults:

One species is easy to separate from the others, because it is usually very lightly marked and may be missing the AM & PM lines:

Gondysia similis

The three remaining species are separated primarily by checking the shape of the PM line. Two of the species are visually identical and cannot be separated from an image alone:

The PM line has only two arcs:

Gondysia consobrina

The PM line has three arcs:

Gondysia smithii or telma

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

Larvae:

Range

Most species are widespread in the south-eastern USA. (2)(3)

Print References

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

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.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 7 February, 2013 - 5:17pm
Additional contributions by Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 28 June, 2021 - 2:59pm

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