Buzara frontinus

(Redirected from Dysgonia frontinus)

Buzara frontinus is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in the coastal areas of southern Queensland and New South Wales.

Buzara frontinus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Buzara
Species:
B. frontinus
Binomial name
Buzara frontinus
(Donovan, 1805)
Synonyms
  • Parallia frontina
  • Noctua scapularis Guérin-Méneville, [1831]
  • Ophiusa pyrrhargyra Walker, 1858
  • Spanocala atrata Scott, 1891
  • Papilio frontinus Donovan, 1805
  • Dysgonia frontinus (Donovan, 1805) [1]

The wingspan is about 60 mm.

The larvae feed on Breynia species.

References

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  1. ^ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae Archived September 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. CRC Press. ISBN 0-916846-45-8, ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9.
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