Eugoa dissozona is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1889 (as Hectogama dissozona).[1] It is found on New Guinea,[2] where it is a common and widely distributed species.[3] Specimens resemble those of Eugoa regalis.[4] In his original description of the species, Meyrick gave a wingspan of 24 mm.[5]

Eugoa dissozona
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Eugoa
Species:
E. dissozona
Binomial name
Eugoa dissozona
(Meyrick, 1889)
Synonyms[1]
  • Hectogama dissozona Meyrick, 1889
  • Eugoa transfasciata Rothschild, 1912

References

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  1. ^ a b Bucsek, Karol (2016). "List and systematic classification of species of the genus Eugoa Walker, 1858, (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini)" (PDF). Entomofauna, Zeitschrift für Entomologie. 37 (22): 370. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku. "Eugoa dissozona (Meyrick, 1889)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  3. ^ de Vos, Rob. "The Tigermoths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini) of Papua Indonesia: Eugoa dissozona". The Papua Insects Foundation. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  4. ^ Buscek, Karol (2016). "Several species of genus Eugoa Walker, 1858 (Arctiinae, Lithosiini) from Indonesia and India" (PDF). Entomofauna Carpathica. 28 (2): 70. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  5. ^ Meyrick, Edward (1889). "On some Lepidoptera from New Guinea". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. Royal Entomological Society of London: 465.